Omicron BA.5: No evidence of more severe courses of disease

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The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) continues to see no increasing disease severity due to the currently prevalent corona variant Omicron BA.5 in Germany. There is no evidence that the now-dominant Omicron BA.5 subline causes more severe courses per se or is more lethal than previous variants, the RKI wrote in Thursday night’s Covid 19 weekly report. Nonetheless, “the large increase in infection cases alone” has also resulted in a correspondingly higher number of severe courses, leading to more hospitalizations, it said. “Death rates are rising with the high infection numbers…

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What happens when you drink beer every day?

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Beer is already so intertwined in our daily lives that many drink a glass of it daily. But how healthy is that? An after-work beer here, a cold one there on a balmy summer evening by the canal: It’s easy to reach for a beer bottle. And a beer like that doesn’t do any harm. Wrong. Regular, just daily alcohol consumption, like beer, affects our bodies in many ways – mostly negatively. Process 1: The kidneys are damagedThe kidneys are responsible for cleansing the body, so daily alcohol consumption affects…

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How dangerous is the new Omicron variant Centaurus?

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The new Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 has been given its own “nickname.” So far, however, little is known about the descendant of BA.2. Alpha, Delta, Omicron – and now Centaurus. The different coronavirus variants have all been given a Greek letter as their name after the wild type from Wuhan. However, not all of them were relevant until now because they did not catch on. The recently discovered Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 has also been given a name, albeit with a wink: Centaurus. The descendant of the Omicron sub-variant BA.2 may have…

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Costs for cell phone tariffs explode

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The Vienna Chamber of Labour is now warning of a price hammer, especially for basic cell phone charges and service fees next year. An analysis by the Chamber of Labor shows: The major providers – A1, Drei, and Magenta – have value protection or index adjustment clauses in their cell phone contracts. When inflation reaches a certain threshold, they can raise prices – they will go full through the roof next year due to high inflation. The Chamber of Labor has calculated: An average contract tariff with an introductory fee…

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Over 9,600 new infections in Austria

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From Friday to Saturday, 9,654 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the 7-day average of 10,206 infections. The 7-day incidence decreases slightly to 802.61. This brings the number of active Corona cases to 117,807. Ninety-five thousand nine hundred ninety-seven new PCR tests were made in the past 24 hours. This results in a positive rate of 10.06 percent. There are also 37 new deaths. This means that 18,872 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died across Austria. Rising hospital occupancyThe hospital is currently treating 1,002 patients, up 15…

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Compulsory vaccination off and change in vaccination certificate passed

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On Thursday, the Austrian Parliament finally decided the end of the compulsory vaccination. The corresponding motion was passed unanimously. Next week, the Bundesrat still has to give the green light. There is no doubt about it. The ÖVP and the Greens state in their explanatory statement that the repeal is in no way intended to diminish the contribution of vaccination to the management of the pandemic, particularly concerning reducing severe courses. It is merely refraining from a legal obligation, the parliamentary correspondence states. Health Minister Johannes Rauch recalled the changed…

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11,095 new infections in Austria

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From Thursday to Friday, 11,095 new infections were registered in Austria. This is above the 7-day average of 10,265 infections. The 7-day incidence is 807.30.As of Thursday, 118,586 laboratory-confirmed active cases were known in Austria. Since the start of the pandemic, 4,510,741 cases have been registered in Austria. Four million three hundred seventy-three thousand three hundred twenty infected persons have since recovered. In the past 24 hours, 91,863 new PCR tests have been made. This results in a positive rate of 12.08 percent. There have also been ten new deaths…

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Vienna: Virologist ‘not sure if wave will flatten out’

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Virologist Norbert Nowotny said Thursday’s new CoV measures in Vienna are very targeted. A mask obligation, for example, in supermarkets, is not considered meaningful at present. The expert is not sure whether the wave of infection will level off in the summer. CoV numbers will continue to rise, according to various model calculations. To what extent are there different scenarios, according to the City of Vienna expert staff. The first CoV summer wave since the beginning of the pandemic is on the rise, said the medical chief of the health…

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Next heat wave: up to 40 degrees in July

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The heat will soon be back. After the bearable temperatures of the past few days, heatwaves are also coming to Austria again. The American weather model GFS predicts up to 40 degrees for Central Europe. According to this forecast, it will be between 38 and 40 degrees in the east and north of Austria on July 15. The current record in Austria is 40.5 degrees, according to wetter.at. In the middle of Spain, it is supposed to get even hotter with over 44 degrees. France expects 40 degrees on this…

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