Category: General Interest

On Saturday, a civil defense rehearsal alarm will be held in Austria. Between 12:00 and 12:45, around 8,300 sirens will be heard all over Austria. Between 12:00 and 12:45, after the signal “siren rehearsal,” the three civil defense signals “warning,” “alarm,” and “all-clear” will be broadcast throughout Austria by about 8,300 fire department sirens. Civil defense rehearsal: sirens wail throughout Austria on SaturdayThe annual rehearsal of the signal tones serves to check the technical equipment of the warning and alarm system and is intended to familiarize the population with the…

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Buying sustainably, acting sustainably, and now also cooking sustainably – these are the recommendations that are increasingly being touted and finding more and more followers. So this nutrition trend comes just in time: “From Leaf to Root” describes the idea of eating fruits and vegetables as altogether as possible – that is, “from leaf to root.” In our throwaway society, too many things that could still be used end up in the trash can. This is also the case with fruit and vegetables. Delicious and healthy dishes can be prepared…

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After a long delay, the Co2 tax will come into force on October 1. Motorists will have to dig deeper into their wallets. On October 1, the government will introduce CO2 pricing. Users of fossil fuels will then have to pay extra for the carbon dioxide emissions they cause – namely 30 euros per ton. Prices rise on Saturday.The tax will also be increased annually. In 2025, it will already amount to 55 euros. For motorists, this means: Diesel will become more expensive on Saturday by 0.09 euros per liter…

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Many Austrians have already had the 500-euro climate bonus transferred to their account, but some are still waiting. Since September 1, the general disbursement of the 500-Euro-Klimabonus has run in Austria! Some have already been able to enjoy the government’s financial help; others have not yet received anything transferred to the account and must continue to wait. The payout timing is often not quite understandable for many – even people from the same family at the same address often do not get the money simultaneously. The climate bonus is paid…

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Vienna can offer 360 monkeypox vaccinations for now. The first 18 were given with the start of the new week. Pre-registration in Vienna as of nowOn Monday, the first 18 of 360 monkeypox vaccinations were delivered, which can be offered by the Federal Capital for the time being. Pre-registrations, meanwhile, have continued to rise and currently stand at 1,957 people, said the office of the city health council. About two-thirds (66.3 percent) of those preregistered have indicated they belong to a high-risk group. Monkeypox vaccinations delivered in ViennaThe appointments extend…

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Food products from the low-price segment have become more expensive than average over the past four years. This is the conclusion reached by the Association for Consumer Information (VKI) after examining the prices of the four market leaders in food retailing (Spar, Billa, Hofer, and Lidl). The price difference between discounters and supermarkets is dwindling, and price comparisons are more important than ever. Food prices in discount stores increased.In 2018, the gap between discount stores and supermarkets was still 6 percent; this year, it has halved to 3 percent, VKI…

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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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