Category: General Interest

On Friday, August 5, up to a thousand participants in the “safe cycling in Vienna” demo will cause traffic jams and delays on both sides of the Gürtel in Vienna from 5:30 p.m., according to ÖAMTC.Motorists beware: According to ÖAMTC, up to a thousand participants of the demo “Safe cycling in Vienna” will cause delays and stops on Friday, August 5, starting at 5:30 pm. Especially on both sides of the Gürtel, traffic jams will not be absent.Traffic jams and delays due to bicycle demo on Friday in ViennaThe route…

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To know how many kilometers you can still drive with your car, you trust the fuel needle. But beware: this could play a nasty trick on you! Many drivers can tell you a thing or two about this: Although you don’t expect it, you run out of gas in the middle of the road. And the fuel gauge wasn’t even down yet! Never trust your fuel gauge.Modern cars are full of innovative technology. But the tank’s fuel level control remains mostly simple and old-fashioned. The tank control is based on…

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On Monday afternoon, Austrian international soccer player David Alaba joined the City of Vienna and its partner Adidas to open a soccer cage in Vienna’s Arenbergpark. It was an “emotional day” for the 30-year-old footballer as he leaped into the big soccer world, starting from the City of Vienna’s soccer pitches. Opening of David Alaba’s soccer cage in Vienna’s Arenbergpark.Several hundred children, young people, and adults gathered some time before the official celebrations began to witness the opening of the new soccer cage in Vienna’s third district, Landstraße, together with…

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The adapted vaccine increases the number of antibodies six-fold. Biontech has also announced an adapted vaccine. U.S.-based Moderna is nearing the completion of developing a Corona vaccine adapted from the Omicron variant. The vaccine could be made available in August, German CEO Gerald Wiegand told Wirtschaftswoche, according to data released Friday. The different schedules would “then depend on the regulatory authorities.” Moderna has signed agreements with the European Commission and some states that allow them to switch from the standard Corona vaccine to the Omikron-adapted vaccine, Wiegand said. Moderna says…

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Austria, Germany, Denmark, Finland, and Bulgaria will buy a total of 1.25 million doses of Covid emergency vaccine from Austro-French manufacturer Valneva this year. This was confirmed by signing the amendment to the advance purchase agreement with the European Commission yesterday. The company expects the first vaccine doses to be delivered to participating EU member states in the coming weeks. The massive cut in the contract had already been announced on July 20. Now the opt-out period for member states has expired, the release said. Under the amendment, member states…

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If Monday starts with highs of up to 30 degrees Celsius, the thermometer will reach 37 degrees again by Friday. In addition, there will be local showers and thunderstorms. Sun and clouds alternate and the tendency for showers are already high on Monday; in the morning, these local showers are mostly limited to the mountains of the northern side of the Alps; in the afternoon, they are possible everywhere. It is most likely to remain dry in Vorarlberg, but thunderstorms here will arrive in the evening. The wind will be…

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Vaccinated and unvaccinated patients report symptoms not previously registered with other variants. According to a recent study in the United Kingdom, the new Covid-19 subvariant is showing symptoms not seen with previous variants. The researchers also have reason to believe that Omicron patients are hospitalized less often than patients with the predecessor strain, Delta. Hoarse voiceThe Zoe Health Study surveyed people during the peak of Delta and Omicron variants and found that more patients reported sore throats and hoarse voices than symptoms of Omicron. This is not the case with…

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A lottery prize of 1.34 billion dollars (equivalent to 1.31 billion euros) awaits a single winner in the USA. The winning ticket holder, which cost two dollars to buy, got all six numbers right in Friday’s draw. Lottery organizers said Saturday that the winning ticket for the Mega Jackpot had been sold in Illinois. It was not yet known who had won. The $1.34 billion is the second-largest jackpot in the lottery’s 20-year history. It is surpassed only by a win of about $1.5 billion in 2018. The winner can…

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“Area-wide school closures are no longer an option in the third year of the pandemic,” according to school authorities in Austria. However, temporary closure of individual classes or sites would still be possible – as with other infectious diseases such as measles. Corona measures in schools: no more large-scale closuresSchools have learned to live with the pandemic in recent years, the paper says, referring to measures such as temporary masking requirements or rapid antigen testing in cases of infection or suspected cases. Corona vaccination is also of crucial importance, it…

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