Category: General Interest

A second vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 has now been approved in Russia. However, important tests may have been skipped, just as with the first vaccine (“Sputnik V”). With “EpiVacCorona” and the first vaccine “Sputnik V”, the pandemic should be defeated, if President Vladimir Putin has his way. He plans to start soon with mass vaccinations of the Russian population. European experts think this is going too fast, important tests should simply not be skipped! “Healthy people are exposed to high risk”.“Of course, the vaccination could work very well, but perhaps not…

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In the EU and its most important European partner countries, more than five million people have now been proven to be infected with the coronavirus. To date, a total of 5,039,783 cases have been reported to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) from the European Economic Area plus Great Britain. This is about 130,000 more than the day before, according to a daily updated overview by the ECDC. By far the most cases were reported in Spain (974,449), France (910,277) and Great Britain (741,212). Italy (423,578), Germany…

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Worldwide survey: On the recommendation of their government or employer, the majority of the world’s population would get vaccinated against Covid-19. London. Most people would get vaccinated against Covid-19 on the recommendation of their government or employer, according to a worldwide survey. 71.5 percent of the participants in the study stated that they would very likely or rather probably take a corona vaccine. 61.4 percent said they would accept a recommendation from their employer. In June, 13,000 people in 19 countries worldwide took part in the study of the Vaccine…

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The World Health Organization (WHO) expects vaccination against the coronavirus to start in mid 2021, and data from the final Phase 3 studies should be available early next year, a WHO expert said in Geneva on Monday. After that, the decisions on the start of the vaccination could be made. Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) continues to assume that a vaccination will be available in the first half of 2021. The results of the study so far are encouraging, especially with regard to its efficacy in older people, he continued.…

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Federal and state governments agree on largely joint measures to stop the sharp rise in corona infections. This is a good thing. And hopefully not too late. Let’s not act surprised. For weeks the number of corona infections has been increasing in Austria, mainly in urban areas, but also in rural areas. In the past few days, the curve has been pointing steeply upwards. It was clear that something must be done if we want to get a grip on the completely uncontrolled spread of the damn corona virus. After…

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The pandemic is back with full force. For a while it looked like things were finally getting better. Now we have to fight our impatience. AWe thought we had the pandemic under control. Now we have to admit our frustration: It has us under control. Again. Yesterday was the dramatic climax of a sobering week: 1,747 new infections with the coronavirus have been reported in Austria by Saturday (9.30 a.m.) This is stated in the daily update from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health. This is…

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Is there a second lockdown? Chancellor Sebastian Kurz video address to the nation. On Facebook, Sebastian Kurz answers five of the most frequently asked questions about the Corona crisis – including how things stand with a second lockdown. When is the crisis over? Will there be a second lockdown? Are the measures not exaggerated? These are all questions that are currently occupying our country. In this video you will find the answers.But one thing is clear: The situation in Austria is serious! Right now we have to be especially careful…

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On November 1 (All Saints’ Day) the grave blessing takes place throughout Austria.The fight against the spread of the coronavirus also has an impact on All Saints’ Day, Christmas or Christmas markets. Austrian Press answers the five most important questions about the celebration of these feasts: Are there any restrictions for All Saints’ Day cemeteries?When a grave is blessed with a priest, there are no personal limits. When private persons come together to visit a grave together, the ten-person rule applies. In any case, the Ministry of Health appeals to…

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Children between the ages of six and ten use smartphones and tablets much longer than before. They spend 42 minutes on the Internet almost every day. This means that this figure will double by 2018. This is confirmed by the Children’s Media Study 2020, which is carried out every two years on behalf of the province of Upper Austria. The coronavirus does not stop at any topic. It leaves clear and probably durable traces in the medium behavior of the Upper Austrian children, means David Pfarrhofer of Marktforschungsinstitut market. “If…

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