Expert warns

“Catastrophic weekend” for allergy sufferers in Vienna

It's not just about the pollen count, which is "turning on the turbo" due to the upcoming record temperatures: an exceptional meteorological situation is causing the burden on allergy sufferers in Vienna to explode at the weekend and on the following days.

For Dr. Markus Berger, there is nothing to gloss over: The weekend and the following days will be "catastrophic" for allergy sufferers in Vienna, the allergy expert from polleninformation.at told the "Krone" newspaper. The fact that the high temperatures have turbo-charged the pollen count of birch, hornbeam, hop hornbeam and plane tree is just one of the factors.