Omicron discoverer: Omicron evolved as a separate virus type even before Alpha and Delta emerged

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Precursors of the recently discovered corona variant Omicron are likely to have existed for a very long time, according to their co-discoverer. “According to current knowledge, an early form of Omicron evolved as a separate virus type even before Alpha and Delta emerged,” Wolfgang Preiser of Stellenbosch University near Cape Town told Deutsche Presse-Agentur. He is a member of the research consortium that discovered the variant. This type of virus then probably evolved over many months without attracting attention, the German said. “The question is: Why did Omicron remain hidden…

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Study: All Corona vaccines are effective at the 3rd shot

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According to a new study, it doesn’t matter which vaccine is administered at the 3rd sting – the vaccination works. According to current knowledge, three partial vaccinations are needed for adequate protection against Covid-19. Pretty much no matter what the third vaccination is given with, the effect is good. That’s according to a new study in the United Kingdom of seven vaccines (six of them approved or still in development), which has now been published in the medical journal The Lancet. “Six different Covid 19 boosters are safe and induce…

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Omicron variant has now also reached Vienna

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In the meantime, the Omicron virus variant has now also reached Vienna – there is one confirmed case and nine suspected cases in the federal capital. According to Sonja Ficht, spokeswoman for the Public Health Service (MA 15), all of them were staying in southern Africa and made a stopover in Mozambique or Zimbabwe on their way home. According to Ficht, those affected have mild courses of the disease and are in quarantine. Their tests are currently being sequenced to determine if they are the corona variant omicron (B.1.1.529). AGES…

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6,738 new corona infections in Austria

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The number of new Corona infections continued to fall in Austria on Friday. Within 24 hours (as of 9:30 a.m.), the Interior and Health Ministries reported 6,738 new cases. The seven-day incidence was 726 cases per 100,000 population. However, in intensive care units, the number of patients increased by six people to 643. As of Friday, there were thus 123,238 active cases in Austria, down by 6,828 from the previous day. 68 deaths had occurred since yesterday, which was above the seven-day daily average of 58.4 people. Overall, the Covid…

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Karl Nehammer is Austria’s new chancellor and rebuilds his government team

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Sebastian Kurz’s withdrawal from all his political posts has triggered a round of resignations within the People’s Party government team. The new chancellor and party leader will be Karl Nehammer, the previous minister of the interior. “I was unanimously appointed today in the party executive committee as executive party chairman and at the same time also as a candidate for Chancellor,” he announced following the federal party executive committee. This was a “great honor” and a “privilege”, because the People’s Party as a movement has been for him for a…

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Cloudy weekend with rain and snowfall in Austria

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The Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) forecasts cloudy weather in large parts of Austria over the coming day. On the weekend there will be rain and snowfall.Many parts of the country are facing a largely cloudy weekend. Again and again snowfall and rain forecasts the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) for the next few days. On Friday, dense clouds will initially predominate, but will later give way to sunshine. The cloud fields will be somewhat tougher in Salzburg, Upper Austria and Upper Styria, where it will…

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Austrian Post Office: Deadline to drop off your Christmas package is Dec. 21.

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The Austrian Post has announced its recommended posting times for Christmas: For the Eco letter it is Dec. 20, the parcel must be posted on the 21st, the Prio letter on the 22nd and Post-Express must be delivered no later than the 23rd. This is for domestic mail, to bordering countries it looks like this: Eco-Brief by the 10th, Paket by the 16th, Prio-Brief by the 17th and Post Express by the 20th of December.Austrian Post expects – as last year – up to one million or more parcels per…

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“Green passport” is most popular iPhone app of the year

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Every year, Apple publishes its list of the most popular apps of the year. However, popularity is not to be equated with user ratings, but with the number of downloads. Unsurprisingly, pandemic dominates the apps charts in Austria. In first place among the free apps for the iPhone was the “Grüner Pass” app, while on the iPad Zoom dusted off first place. The unattractive cell phone signature, which is required for various online official procedures, but also for logging in to the electronic vaccination certificate, also managed a top ranking…

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Start for Corona vaccinations at Vienna elementary schools

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On Thursday, the first Corona vaccinations started at four pilot elementary schools in Vienna.Schoolchildren in Vienna received Corona vaccinations at pilot elementary schools on Thursday, a week after Biontech/Pfizer’s vaccine was approved for children five years and older. At the Ganztagsvolksschule (GTVS) Steinlechnergasse in Vienna’s Hietzing district, 125 students received their first Corona vaccination on Thursday. They will receive the second sting on December 23, 2021. The school is one of eight other Viennese schools where the pilot project of the voluntary vaccination campaign, which is implemented by the Municipal…

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