Category: General Interest

The National Vaccination Panel has now published an update to its recommendations for using the Covid 19 vaccines. This update became necessary with the European approval of three so-called bivalent vaccines, directed not only against the original virus (wild type) but also against an omicron variant. At the same time, the panel is addressing two points of discussion and criticism that several experts have voiced in recent weeks. The National Immunization Panel writes that booster shots (4th vaccination) can be given to people 12 years and older. They are “recommended…

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The current coronavirus testing strategy will be maintained in the coming months. This means that there will continue to be five free PCR tests per month. This was assured by Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) on Friday. Vienna’s health councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) promptly expressed skepticism about whether this would be enough. Corona testing strategy: continue five free tests per month.“This will remain the case,” Rauch stressed in a joint press conference with Hacker at the meeting of provincial social advisors in Vienna. The minister pointed out that Austria was…

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Virologist Christian Drosten expects a strong “incidence wave” of Corona infections “before December.” Meanwhile, Germany’s Health Minister Lauterbach believes there will only be a “moderately severe wave.” New Corona variants would still cause many new cases of the disease, warned Christian Drosten, director of virology at Berlin’s Charité hospital, in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. He said this would likely lead to significant work stoppages even in the case of mild courses of the disease. Virologist Drosten calls for preparation for politics and business“Infected people may not come…

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A huge crowd is causing a stir in Vienna’s city center. Reason: Countless people make a pilgrimage to the sales launch of the new iPhone. Around 6:00 a.m. on Friday, countless iPhone fans were waiting for the Apple store on Kärntner Straße to open. The cell phone giant sold the iPhone 14 Pro for the first time on Friday. Since 8.00 a.m., the Apple cash registers in Kärntner Straße are running hot – hundreds of people came long before the store opened in the heart of Vienna to get their…

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Energy-saving LEDs have not only become widespread in private households: Street lighting is also being modernized in this way in many countries. But British scientists have discovered that this can pose risks for humans and animals. They are long-lasting, save energy and look almost the same as conventional light bulbs. LED lamps are now available in many private households. Public lighting, for example, on roads, has also been converted to LEDs (light-emitting diodes) in many European countries. This changes the color spectrum at night – with possible consequences for humans…

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Corona remains an issue: the number of doses of the bivalent Moderna vaccine, which is also directed against the omicron variant BA.1, available in Austria has reached almost 300,000. It is an adapted version of the original Spikevax vaccine (called Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron BA.1). According to the Ministry of Health, the first deliveries of the adapted vaccine to vaccination centers in the provinces began on Thursday. Corona: thousands of doses of Moderna vaccine arrived in AustriaExactly 292,000 doses of the latest Moderna vaccine have arrived in Austria recently. Another 1.4…

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Monkeypox vaccination will be available at the Austria Center Wien starting September 19. For the time being, 360 vaccination appointments will be offered to people who have already pre-registered. Preregistration for monkeypox vaccination The appointments are over four weeks – that is, 18 injections per day. There are only 18 appointments because the “vaccinations are accompanied by particularly detailed educational talks on the individual risk profile,” according to information provided by Mario Dujakovic, spokesman for Vienna’s City Health Council Peter Hacker (SPÖ). Monkeypox: 360 vaccination appointments in Vienna starting September…

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According to the ZAMG forecast, the weekend will be unsettled in parts of Austria. With an interplay of sun, clouds, and rain, temperatures will also remain cooler than recently. Shower tendency increases from FridayOn Friday, more and more clouds will form with a weak disturbing influence. Showers, some of them heavy, will fall, the first in the mountains and the western half. The most extended dry spells will be in the northeast. The wind will blow weakly to moderately from southeast to west. Early temperatures will range from eight to…

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the coronavirus pandemic is nearing its end. The world has never been better positioned to have survived the coronavirus pandemic, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday. WHO chief on corona pandemic: ‘End is in sight.‘“We haven’t made it yet. But the end is in sight.” For now, however, he said, countries must still stick to their efforts to fight the coronavirus. Last week, fewer people died from the pathogen than at any time since March 2020, according to the U.N. agency. WHO…

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