Fatigue syndrome – causes, symptoms, treatment.

Currently, fatigue syndrome is often talked about, especially in connection with long covid, or the late effects of a corona infection. However, severe fatigue also occurs after other illnesses. The translation from French makes it clear what it is all about: “Fatigue” means tiredness. But those who are affected by fatigue syndrome need more than just a little rest. Symptoms of fatigue syndrome“Fatigue is defined as pathological exhaustion and exhaustibility that defies the usual recovery strategies,” explains Sabine Herzig, a specialist in neurology at the Day Clinic for Cognitive Neurology…

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Border controls with Czech Republic and Slovakia revoked

Austria has lifted the temporary reintroduction of border controls with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Since January, the border with the neighboring countries had been controlled more intensively because of the high infection figures there. As of today, Saturday, this regulation has been lifted, the Interior Ministry announced early on Saturday. Controls of the Covid-19 entry regulation, however, remained in place. EU agrees on ‘green passport’ to facilitate travelMeanwhile, the Ministry of Health also clarified the Covid 19 entry regulation. As of Saturday, persons from a state with a low…

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India bans term “Indian variant”

Amid global fears of the coronavirus mutant first discovered in India, New Delhi is taking action against the spread of the term “Indian variant” in online media: The Indian government asked platforms to delete all content containing the term “Indian variant.” Mutant B.1.617 has spread rapidly in India and is also ravaging neighboring countries. It has now been detected in 44 other countries. The order for deleting content with the term “Indian variant” came yesterday from India’s Ministry of Information and Technology. It said it was “completely wrong” for content…

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Parcel fraud via SMS: new scam has extremely nasty consequences

The package rip-off via SMS continues. The consequences are fatal for the aggrieved parties – also because the scammers are changing their strategy. Especially in times of the Corona pandemic, many people probably enjoy being able to order their products online and have them delivered. But for some time now, scammers have been taking advantage of this. Warning about parcel text messages: “Your parcel has just been shipped”, “The goods you purchased have been shipped. Please check the details” or “Your shipment is just about to be delivered, track your…

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Corona: 583 new infections in Austria

Exactly 50.0 – this seven-day incidence per 100,000 people was reported on Saturday. In the past 24 hours, there were 583 new infections, which is below the average of the past seven days (636). There was also a positive trend in hospitals, where 679 patients were cared for, 28 fewer than on Friday. 242 people are in intensive care units – which is an increase of eight since the previous day, but were 79 fewer than a week ago. The province with the highest seven-day incidence is currently Vorarlberg with…

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Pharmaceutical companies: 3.5 billion vaccine doses for poor countries

Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) plan to provide 3.5 billion CoV vaccine doses to poor countries. They pledged that amount for 2021 and 2022 at the World Health Summit in Rome yesterday. U.S. company Pfizer, working with German company Biontech, plans to supply two billion doses of its vaccine to countries, Moderna up to 995 million and J&J up to 500 million. In the run-up to the summit, the EU Commission had contacted the manufacturers, with whom the EU had good experience, about this, according to…

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Weather in Austria for the long weekend

It will remain cool and unsettled in the coming days: Thus, the weather will remain little friendly over the holidays (Pentecost Sunday), as shown in the forecast of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). The Vienna weather in detailOn Saturday, the next disturbance will cross the country. Dense to closed clouds will prevail, at most a few gaps in the clouds will appear in the east and southeast. Here, it will rain only intermittently, towards the west more persistent and heavy. The wind will blow moderately to briskly…

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FREE SUPERFOOD AT YOUR DOORSTEP: The benefits of stinging nettles for health, brain power and beauty

Getting “caught” by a stinging nettle isn’t exactly pleasant. That’s probably one of the main reasons why most people tend to avoid this plant or immediately consider it a weed. Yet the stinging nettle not only contains an extremely large number of nutrients, it seems to be a veritable miracle herb. Hardly any wild plant is as robust as the stinging nettle. And there is hardly a meadow, path or forest edge where it cannot be found. Only very few people take the opportunity to pick it and use it…

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Chancellor Kurz: Further further relaxations possible in June

After a meeting with representatives of culture, associations and tourism in Tyrol,Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Friday at a media appointment in Innsbruck that he could now make the commitment “that the safety standards that we still have, can be relaxed.” Easing of distance regulations and curfewsThe goal is to ease “distance regulations, square meter restrictions and curfew hours,” Kurz said. There should be widespread normality during the summer. “Once we have offered vaccination to everyone who wants it, the state will have done its job. Then it’s back to normality,…

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