Contact tracing is to be discontinued. There are also changes in the entry to Austria. From August, a different wind will be blowing when it comes to Corona: the quarantine rule, for example, will be abolished. But the new Corona rules also have implications for contact tracing. “A continuation of contact tracing is currently not planned,” a spokesman for Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) told ORF. In the new regulation, which will come into force on Monday, there is only talk of infected persons. But no longer of contact persons.…
Read MoreHappy and satisfied from 50: Good news for all those who are afraid of getting older
According to a U.S. study, one feels better and better from midlife. This applies to general life satisfaction and negative feelings such as stress, anger, and worry, which decrease from 50 at the latest. From a psychological perspective, personal well-being consists of at least two basic building blocks: overall life satisfaction and momentary emotional state. Studies suggest that the former tends to increase from midlife onward, regardless of culture and historical conditions, even as physical health declines. However, whether this is also reflected in emotional life and how this changes…
Read More“Quiet” black hole discovered
Astronomers have found a particular black hole in a neighboring galaxy of the Milky Way. The object, located about 160,000 light-years from Earth, is “quiet” – that is, it does not reveal itself through radiation but only through its gravitational pull. According to experts, the quiet black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud is the first to be discovered outside the Milky Way. Moreover, it was apparently formed by a “direct collapse,” without an accompanying supernova explosion, they write in the journal Nature Astronomy. Different typesExperts suspect that there are…
Read MoreNew drug to combat high cholesterol
Elevated cholesterol levels are among the most common causes of heart attacks and strokes. A new drug has been used for the first time at Vienna General Hospital. With just two injections a year, “bad cholesterol” is cut in half. The effect is thus comparable to that of a daily medication intake, it said on Friday in a MedUni Vienna release. Together with standard therapy, the new active ingredient can reduce LDL cholesterol by more than 80 percent. The innovative active ingredient of Inclisiran now gives a promising perspective, said…
Read More8,079 new Corona infections on Thursday
As of Monday, the quarantine for Corona infected people in Austria will fall – despite high infection numbers: Currently, there are 8,079 newly infected and 17 dead. Quarantine falls, number of Corona patients in domestic hospitals rises.On Thursday, the country’s health authorities reported 8,079 new Corona infections and 17 deaths in Austria. The infection numbers thus remain very high. By comparison, a week ago Thursday, July 21, 2022, there were 14,070 new infections and small deaths. Small glimmer of hope: hospital numbers are falling for the first time in days,…
Read MoreCorona ordinance issued to end the quarantine
The regulation to end the quarantine for Corona has now been officially issued on Wednesday. The ordinance on the back of quarantine for Corona sufferers defines traffic restrictions or places you can not enter infected. The return of sick telephone leave and the risk group ordinance are stipulated elsewhere. The ordinance was officially issued at the end of the Corona quarantine.The traffic restrictions apply to anyone who tests positive. They begin to run even with a positive result on a less reliable antigen test. However, if the subsequent PCR test…
Read MoreFrom August: Austria changes corona entry restrictions
The regulation on Corona entry restrictions to Austria was revised by amendment on Tuesday and will come into force on August 1. According to the new regulation, vaccination certificates of under-18s will no longer have an expiration date. For adults, nothing changes in the amendment; the validity of full immunization will continue to expire after 270 days. New vaccine on the list of valid immunizationsIn addition, the new vaccine Convidecia from the Chinese vaccine company CanSino Biologics will be added to the list of valid vaccinations. This is an adult…
Read MoreBridge over Adriatic Sea goes into operation
Croatia celebrated the opening of the 2.4-kilometer Peljesac Bridge on Tuesday, which connects the southern tip of Dalmatia, including Dubrovnik, with the rest of the country. From now on, a narrow strip of Bosnian territory can be bypassed. It is the largest infrastructure project in the country’s history, mainly financed with EU funds and built by a Chinese state-owned company. Croatian authorities have, therefore, already issued a warning. “In the morning, we noticed people walking across the bridge, probably tourists from Komarna or Brijesta. This is extremely dangerous,” Slaviša Babić,…
Read More11,500 new infections in Austria on Wednesday
Significantly fewer than in the past three weeks. Twenty-seven new deaths related to Covid 19 infection. From Tuesday to Wednesday, 11,432 new infections were registered in Austria. This is significantly less compared to the Wednesday of the previous week (14,014) and the Wednesday before (15,149). And this despite similarly high test numbers. The number is above the 7-day average of 10,355 infections. The 7-day incidence drops slightly to 814.37. This brings the number of active Corona cases down to 120,729. In the past 24 hours, 83,596 new PCR tests were…
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