Category: General Interest

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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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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