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So far unknown perpetrators tried to trick several people in St. Pölten and in the district of Baden into entering bank data by means of so-called phishing SMS on October 4, 2021. The victims receive an SMS with the sender “LPD AT” and are asked to pay an “outstanding fine” or an “outstanding fine”. In doing so, the victims are supposed to open an attached link and enter their bank details. The domain name appears to be “LPDGELDSTRRAFE.ME”. Police recommendationThe police or any other criminal authority will certainly not send…

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Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has applied to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of booster shots of its coronavirus vaccine for people 18 and older. In-house studies have shown that booster vaccination increases the vaccine’s protective efficacy to 94 percent, Mathai Mammen, head of research and development at J&J subsidiary Janssen, said yesterday. Unlike other vaccines, one dose is officially enough for J&J’s vaccine. The U.S. clinical trial showed that a second dose injected about two months (56 days) after the first dose was 94 percent…

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Slowly, more and more children are also being vaccinated against Corona. In Upper Austria, 24 percent of 12- to 14-year-olds have already received a prick. We are approaching 60 percent. Currently, 57.6 percent in Upper Austria are fully immunized, meaning they have already received two vaccinations. In the Urfahr-Umgebung district, the figure is already over 60 percent, namely 63.1 percent. The lowest vaccination rate is in the district of Braunau with 50.8 percent. This is the result of the current announcement of the Upper Austrian crisis management team. 2,408 Upper…

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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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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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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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