What happens to your body when you smile?

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Whether out of embarrassment or spontaneously, a smile on someone’s face almost always brings positive vibes. But do you know the effects it can have on the body? You see someone smiling on the bus, in a video, or on TV, and through imitation, you will smile too in most cases. As contagious as yawning, smiling is logically associated with something positive and linked to intimate feelings such as friendship, love, or sympathy. But beyond that, smiling also has effects on your body. It strengthens the immune system An article…

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No more 3G rule when entering Austria starting Monday

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Austria lifted all entry rules imposed because of the Corona pandemic. As of following Monday, no 3G proof will be required when entering Austria. Entry is thus possible again from all countries without any conditions. This is according to the new entry regulation of the Ministry of Health published on Friday evening. The current epidemiological situation justified the lifting. The previous rules for virus variant territories officially remain in place, but no country is currently on the so-called virus variant territories list. Should a new virus variant emerge, this could…

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Over 4,500 new infections in Austria on Friday

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From Thursday to Friday, 4,555 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the average of 4,660 infections over the past seven days. The 7-day incidence is currently 366.47. Currently, 62,263 people are actively infected. In the past 24 hours, 99,920 PCR tests have been performed. This results in a positive rate of 4.56 percent. In addition, five new deaths have been reported. This brings the pandemic death toll to 18,296 so far. Number of infections in the federal states Burgenland: 142Carinthia: 271Lower Austria: 811Upper Austria: 745Salzburg: 229Styria: 583Tyrol:…

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Short-term parking zones in Vienna – You should know about these five misconceptions.

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Short-term parking zones are increasing: an area-wide short-term parking zone regulation was recently established in Vienna. New short-term parking zones are also gradually being created in Lower Austrian communities. Nevertheless, this model of parking space management is by no means unique. In Eisenstadt, for example, a metered short-stay parking zone was introduced for the city center as early as 1993. Nevertheless, many prominent misconceptions in this area continue to persist. Head of ÖAMTC Legal Advice for Vienna, Lower Austria, and Burgenland: “When advising our members, we repeatedly find that there…

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Summer weather in Austria continues over the weekend

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Today’s weather is changeable; from Saturday, sunshine predominates. According to the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) forecast, sunshine will prevail again from Saturday, with maximum temperatures in the coming days around 26 to 30 degrees. On Friday afternoon, the clouds will increasingly clear from the north, but rain showers and thunderstorms are expected in the south. The wind will blow moderately from the west to the north. Otherwise, it will remain relatively light. The early temperatures love at ten to 17 degrees; the daytime highs are reached at…

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The number of Corona deaths in Europe exceeds two million

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In Europe, the number of Corona deaths has surpassed the two million threshold since the pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday in Copenhagen that the 53 countries and territories for which the WHO Regional Office for Europe is responsible reported 2,002,058 deaths to the World Health Organization. WHO investigates the link between covid and hepatitisAccording to WHO, the Europe region has also recorded more than 218 million cases of the infection since the pandemic began more than two years ago. The WHO Europe region also includes heavily affected…

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BA.4 and BA.5 – this vaccine is supposed to be the remedy

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Two new mutations, BA.4 and BA.5 are currently causing a wave of infections in South Africa. “Omicron is very creative in forming variants,” says virologist Norbert Nowotny. The virologist says that the small but growing number of BA.4 and BA.5 cases is something to keep an eye on. “This is being done very well in Austria. On the one hand, with sample sequencing and wastewater analysis. A trend will be seen in the next few weeks.” For the moment, however, he said, these slightly more than 30 cases should not…

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5,134 new infections in Austria on Thursday

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From Wednesday to Thursday, 5,134 new infections were registered in Austria. This is above the average of 4,867 over the past seven days. Currently, 63,444 people in Austria are actively infected with the coronavirus. The seven-day incidence is 382.72. One hundred twenty thousand seventy-nine new PCR tests were performed in the past 24 hours. This results in a positive rate of 3.61 percent. There are also 12 new deaths associated with Covid-19 infection to report. The pandemic has thus claimed 18,291 lives in Austria. Currently, 818 people are being treated…

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How long will there be life on Earth?

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Nearly four billion years ago, life developed on Earth. Despite many catastrophic events, it can survive and evolve. But at some point, life will also disappear. But when will it be? Many catastrophes have played havoc with life on Earth in the past. Mass extinctions decimated large parts of the animal kingdom – the impact of an asteroid, for example, ended the existence of the dinosaurs. Star explosions and gamma-ray bursts are also said to have had their share. But never did life disappear so completely. It always recovered and…

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