Category: General Interest

Those who have survived a corona infection aren’t entirely out of the woods yet. Many patients suffer from symptoms such as fatigue and shortness of breath even months later. This is known as long covid. Researchers have identified two possible factors determining who will still suffer from Long Covid a year later. Long Covid is a severe problem. That’s because many people continue to struggle with health problems even after overcoming Covid 19. In most cases, chronic fatigue, concentration problems, shortness of breath, and palpitations are the main symptoms. If…

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Last week, the vaccination panel recommended the third vaccination for children five years and older. The National Immunization Panel (NIG) began recommending a third Corona vaccination for children five years and older last week. Austria is thus the first EU country to recommend booster vaccination for this age group. “For children five to eleven years of age, this third vaccination should take place at the latest at the start of school before the expected next waves of infection in late summer/fall 2022,” the recommendation for use states. The third vaccination…

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The new Prater season brings a new promotion for members of the City of Vienna’s Vorteilsclub. On “Prater Monday,” discounts will be offered at 40 businesses in Vienna’s amusement park. New Prater highlights Good news for all those who like to make the Vienna Prater unsafe: Every Monday, excluding public vacations or vacations, there will be discounts and promotions at the more than 40 participating Prater businesses in the future with the Vorteilsclub card. With the Vorteilsclub card: These discounts await you on Mondays in the Prater Double the fun…

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Single-digit early temperatures, frequent rain showers, and only rare sunshine await us in the new week, according to the ZAMG forecast. We have the weather forecast in detail. The somewhat unsettled and only moderately temperate weather continues in the first week of May. On Monday, the sun will shine intermittently in the west and partly in the north until the morning. Then, spring clouds will form, followed by some rain showers. In the rest of Austria, many clouds and a few rain showers will persist at first. There will be…

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More than two years after the pandemic, Italy takes further steps to ease Corona’s restrictions. As of Sunday (May 1), the so-called green passport is no longer required in Italy. This means that the 2G and 3G obligations will no longer apply. Employees will no longer have to show a Green Pass to access the workplace. The 3G obligation will continue to use for access to hospitals and nursing homes. Green passport: new presentation for booster vaccinationsA vaccination requirement remains for health care workers through the end of 2022. On…

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Most households have a microwave, but there are still skeptical people because they fear that the quality of food and health will suffer. Is this the case? Like most technologies, microwave ovens were developed to simplify our lives by reducing the amount of work we have to do. However, several people believe that using a microwave removes vitamins and nutrients from food. But isn’t the use of microwaves dangerous? How do they work? Microwaves, whose cable does not belong in multiple sockets, use the radiation of the water molecules in…

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According to a study, about one in 10 people hospitalized for a coronavirus showed white spots on the retina. However, these pathological changes subsided after three months, a Swiss research team from Geneva reported in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. The researchers examined the eyes of 172 hospitalized patients who suffered respiratory distress due to Sars-CoV-2 infection. According to the study, eleven percent showed retinal damage, which manifested as white spots. These were due to occlusion of the small arteries, triggered by an embolism or inflammation. Lead author Gordana Sunaric…

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Do you have plans to spend your vacation in Italy soon? Italy is currently extending the travel rules until the end of May. Italy is extending current rules for travel to and from foreign countries until May 31. Thus, travelers to Italy must continue to present a vaccination certificate or a negative rapid test. Abolished next Sunday (May 1) is the obligation to fill out the European Passenger Locator Form. This obligation entered into force on May 24, 2021. Italy will extend the mask requirement on trains, subways, buses, and…

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According to the ZAMG forecast, the weekend will be unsettled and prone to showers in large parts of Austria. Only in the east of the country should it remain predominantly dry. After a sunny start to the weekend, increasingly unsettled and shower-prone weather will spread across Austria over the next few days. This was reported by the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). The east of the country remains over the weekend for outdoor activities in advantage: There, it should stay largely dry. Still little chance of showers on…

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