A teacher at an elementary school in Stockerau (Korneuburg district) is said to have tested positive for the monkeypox virus. That reports the district newspaper. The teacher is therefore separated and has to be in quarantine for 21 days.
As the Online edition meinbezirk.at reported, the parents of the students concerned are said to have already been informed. “The infected person is at home, the school is open,” informs the city office director Christina Pinggera. It cannot be ruled out that another infection may have occurred, but it is very unlikely. Extensive measures have been taken, from comprehensive disinfection to ventilation of the rooms to ensure safety on tomorrow’s school day.
360 vaccination appointments in Vienna
From Monday, 360 vaccination appointments once morest monkeypox will be offered in the Austria Center Vienna. 18 injections are given per day. The second vaccinations will take place in the following four weeks. According to the Health Department of the City of Vienna, this corresponds to the recommended minimum interval between the two vaccinations. To date, 1,502 people have registered for a monkeypox vaccination. 151 people have already received a vaccination following confirmed contact.
Since May 9th, 2022, 286 cases of monkeypox have been reported in Austria, of which 91 cases (31.8%) have now been reported as recovered (as of September 9th, 2022). The disease is notifiable. There were a total of 208 confirmed cases in Vienna, of which 157 have now recovered and 51 are still active. (As of September 14, 2022).
