One in five new infections affects six- to 14-year-olds

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Every fifth coronavirus infection detected in the past week has affected a child between the ages of six and 14. This is shown by the current evaluation of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES). According to this, of the total of 12,668 infections confirmed by the authorities between September 27 and October 3, 2,530 – exactly 20 percent – were attributable to this age group. Meanwhile, schoolchildren, apprentices and trainees, with a 7-day incidence of 331 cases per 100,000 population, have significantly outpaced 15- to 24-year-olds, who had…

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England: Easier entry for vaccinated, quarantine for unvaccinated

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When entering England, there is one less hurdle for fully vaccinated travelers since October 4. Unlike before, they are no longer required to take a rapid test before crossing the border, according to updated entry rules from the British government. However, there is still a requirement to register online and book in advance through one of the officially certified providers for a paid PCR test, which must be taken on the second day after entry. This usually costs at least 50 pounds (the equivalent of about 58 euros). These regulations…

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1,285 new infections in Austria

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From Monday to Tuesday, 1,285 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. This is below the average of the past seven days (1,768). There are also 15 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 11,049 so far. The number of active cases is down by 423 to 19,503, with a seven-day incidence of 143.25. There are currently 872 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, up 48 from the previous day. 232 patients are in an intensive care unit…

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Almost two thirds of detergents contain plastic

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Of 256 detergents in a test by Global 2000 and the Chamber of Labor of Upper Austria, a good 60 percent contain plastic. In quite a few products, manufacturers have dispensed with the addition of solid microplastics since a previous study in 2019 – this was only detected in 14 products. However, the proportion of products with water-soluble, synthetic polymers has doubled. “Water-soluble plastic is now being used on a large scale, often as a substitute to solid microplastic,” said Lena Steger of Global 2000, adding that little is known…

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Big breakdown on Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp – services are again available

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On Monday evening, the platforms were unavailable for more than five hours, and only around midnight the services slowly started working again.Around six hours without Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram: An unusually long total outage affected billions of users of the online network on Monday. While Facebook did not initially comment on the causes of the disruption, experts tipped a configuration error in the network infrastructure that made all Facebook services inaccessible. Founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized in a short Facebook post. Facebook’s technical team tweeted, “To the vast…

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“Sister Act 3” is coming: Whoopi Goldberg will soon be singing again

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The Nuns musical will get a third installment in the foreseeable future. Goldberg is also on board as a producer. Singing nuns just always go down well – especially when Whoopi Goldberg is the lead singer. So it’s truly amazing that so many years have passed without sequel plans since 1993’s “Sister Act 2.” That’s about to change, but before we get into the details, let’s first follow up with an earworm: Goldberg comebackIn 2018, it was still said that Whoopi Goldberg would not appear in a third part at…

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At what point a third Corona vaccination is really necessary

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Booster vaccinations against the coronavirushas been approved by the EU on Monday. For whom the 3rd prick is particularly important. The European Medicines Agency will announced its recommendation for booster vaccination against Corona on Monday. In Austria, the National Vaccination Panel has already presented initial guidelines for booster vaccination. According to these, the vaccination panel recommends that older persons and high-risk groups receive another shot after only six to nine months. A booster in this period is particularly important for those persons whose vaccination protection is weakening. Infectiologist Herwig Kollaritsch,…

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Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram down! Millions of users currently no longer have access

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04.10.2021 at 18:29 hDisruption at Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram. The social network Facebook, as well as their services Whatsapp and Instagram, currently seem to have a glitch. Millions of users worldwide are currently having problems logging in. Mega-disruption at Facebook, Whatsapp and InstagramOn the site allestoerungen.at, over 19000 users reported problems with Facebook in Germany and Austria in the last hour (since 5:30 pm). On Twitter trending internationally the hashtags #facebookdown, #whatsappdown and #instagramdown. Facebook has not yet explained what is behind the disruption. However, Whatsapp reported on Twitter: “We…

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EMA gives green light for third vaccination with Biontech/Pfizer

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The EU medicines agency EMA has approved booster vaccinations against coronavirus using the Biontech/Pfizer vaccine. Booster vaccination with the corona vaccine would be eligible for people aged 18 and older, the EMA said Monday. The third vaccination should be given no earlier than six months after the second dose is administered, it said. Austria had previously begun offering a third prick to early first-time vaccinated people – but did so without approval, meaning off-label. The booster vaccination will be given in this country with the mRNA vaccines from BioNTech/Pfizer and…

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