Radio outages: Massive solar flare lasted 3 hours on Monday

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The eruption also resulted in a coronal mass ejection on Monday. Radio outages: Massive solar flare lasted 3 hoursA long-lasting eruption occurred in the sun on Monday. The eruption was classified as M3.4, or medium strength. It was strong enough to cause temporary radio outages in the Asia-Pacific region. The eruption also resulted in a coronal mass ejection (CME), in which a massive cloud of superheated plasma shot away from the sun. Coronal mass ejectionWhen such coronal mass ejections hit Earth, they can trigger powerful geomagnetic storms and cause blackouts,…

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Tick vaccination: Who should get vaccinated against TBE (Zeckenimpfung)?

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You can be vaccinated against early summer meningoencephalitis, and health insurance companies usually cover the costs. For whom is a vaccination suitable, how does it work, and what should be considered? Who should get vaccinated? The vaccination should have everyone who lives in areas where TBE repeatedly occurs and moves a lot in the great outdoors. So anyone who hikes, bikes, or walks in the woods is at risk. “Vaccination is recommended for every citizen in Bavaria who is not just sitting at home on the sofa.” How does the…

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EU sounds the alarm – new Corona wave rolls over Europe

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Within one week, the number of infections in Austria has almost doubled. Corona numbers are on the rise again in Austria. The EU’s epidemic prevention agency (ECDC) warns about the new omicron variants. Experts predicted it weeks ago: the two new sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 of the Omicron virus strain will cause a new Corona wave in Austria in summer. These mutations are already overrunning Portugal. At the end of May and the beginning of June, there were about 30,000 new infections per day in the famous vacation country. 30,000…

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Relief package from the federal government in detail

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Given the enormous inflation, the population is being supported with various measures. Below are the individual points of the relief package in detail. 6 billion packages to combat inflation  Payments to be made this summer The government presented a 6 billion euro anti-inflation package on Tuesday. The package includes short-term measures that will provide immediate relief to the population and long-term structural changes. The measures will be implemented in a three-stage process: In the summer, the first step will be to ease the burden on those most affected by the…

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Over 4,200 new infections in Austria on Tuesday

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From Monday to Tuesday, 4,242 new infections were registered in Austria. This is above the 7-day average of 3,878 infections. The 7-day incidence rises to 304.97. Currently, there are 45,914 active corona cases in Austria. In addition, there are seven new deaths. Thus, seven persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died so far throughout Austria. New infections in the provincesVienna: 1,406Lower Austria: 741Upper Austria: 418Vorarlberg: 415Tyrol: 405Styria: 341Salzburg: 289Burgenland: 120Carinthia: 107 sozialministerium.at

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Three reasons not to buy ready-made fruit

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We love fruit salad. So do bacteria and mold – especially the pre-cut kind. A small snack in between – in the morning before work or while waiting for the train. Ready-cut fruit as a small meal is popular, it’s quick, and you don’t have to use your own hands or knives to boost energy. Supermarket refrigerated counters are filled with little cups of sliced melons, apples, or pineapples. But the vitamin bombs have a pitfall: For, on the one hand, the plastic packaging leaves litter, as the fruit is…

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Weather on Corpus Christi till weekend

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On Thursday, the feast of the Heart of Jesus, popularly known in Austria as “Fronleichnamsfest” or Corpus Christi, will be muggy-warm weather with partly heavy thunderstorms. It will often be sunny and increasingly hot on Friday and the weekend. According to the experts of the Austrian Severe Weather Center (www.uwz.at), however, regionally severe thunderstorms are emerging on Corpus Christi with the passage of a disturbance. Thunderstorms and showers expected in Austria on the holidayThese will spread eastward during the day under intensification and reach the eastern and southeastern lowlands in…

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Measures against inflation are presented

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The Austrian government will present its third anti-inflation package today, Tuesday. Both short-term and permanently effective structural measures are expected. According to reports, the abolition of the cold progression, the indexation of social benefits, 250 euros climate bonus for all, and the postponement of the CO2 price to October are fixed. In addition, the deductible amounts will be valorized, especially for small incomes. Parallel to postponing the CO2 price to October (instead of July), the compensation through the climate bonus will be increased. According to reports, all people in Austria…

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Air conditioning increases risk of infection

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With rising temperatures, the air conditioning is also turned up more. However, cooling the air increases the risk of infection, now warns the Upper Austrian Medical Association. A maximum of five to eight degrees should be between the outside and the cooled interior. A too strong temperature change favors namely infections, so the specialist group representative of ear, nose, and throat medicine in the medical association, Georg Langmayr. With air conditioning, however, the air becomes not only cold but also dry. This can quickly become a problem and dry out…

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