Vienna does not rule out the possibility of renewed mandatory use of masks

Viennese Mayor Michael Ludwig maintained that for the time being, no immediate cause for this – a total of 4,100 infections have been registered so far. Vienna. In Vienna, the precautionary measures regarding coronavirus could be tightened up again if the situation requires it – similar to the situation in Upper Austria, where, for example, the wearing of a mouth and nose protector in official buildings is again mandatory. Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) explained this in a press conference on Monday. For the time being, however, no corresponding steps are…

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Over 1000 COVID 19 infections in Austria

In Austria there are currently more than 1000 active coronavirus patients. 706 people have died with Covid-19 so far, 16,647 are considered to have recovered. In the past 24 hours, 85 new cases have been reported, most of them in Upper Austria. In the last three days, the number of newly infected persons throughout Austria had exceeded 100 in each case. The dashboard of the Ministry of Health reported 1012 active patients on Monday morning. 78 people currently have to be treated in hospital for a corona infection, eleven of…

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Today is the international day of kissing: Why kissing is so important

06 July 2020 – Today is the international day of kissing: it is healthy and makes you happy – but in times of Corona you should still be a bit careful! The physical effects of kissing are well researched:  Pulse accelerating, blood pressure rising. A cocktail of hormones floods the body, including oxytocin, serotonin and dopamine, known as cuddling and happiness hormones.. And yet, the millennia-old cultural practice is not given enough attention, says German psychotherapist and book author Wolfgang Krüger. “Kissing is treated like the little sister of sexuality.…

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New record for new infections worldwide

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of new global infections has reached a record high. At 212,326, the number is higher than ever before in a single day, the organisation reports. Almost 130,000 of these are in the WHO region “Americas”, which includes 35 countries in North, Central and South America, including the USA. In Europe, there have been almost 20,000 new cases. According to the WHO statistics, the total number of infected persons worldwide is around 10.9 million. In the U.S., the number of new infections…

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