Month: August 2020

UPDATE: Over 300 new infections in just one day!

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Within 24 hours, 303 new infections were recorded – the highest number since early April.More than 300 new infections with the coronavirus have been recorded nationwide in the past 24 hours. This was announced by the Ministry of the Interior on Saturday morning. It is the highest daily growth rate since the beginning of April. The increase has once again surpassed that from Thursday to Friday, which Health Minister Rudolf Anschober had called worrying. According to the Ministry of the Interior, exactly 303 new cases were registered, 131 of them…

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US Secretary of State Pompeo praises “friendship” with Austria

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Despite the admission of various differences of opinion, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) praised the “great friendship” between the two countries at a meeting in Vienna on Friday. In a discussion with Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) the focus was on bilateral relations and the fight against the coronavirus. Pompeo and Kurz met for a joint working lunch at the Federal Chancellery. “The aim is to bring trade relations between Austria and the USA up to speed again rapidly, since the USA is…

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Kurz calls for tighter border controls

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Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) demands stricter controls of returnees at the borders. “Stricter controls are needed here. It is urgently necessary for the health authorities to ensure that more comprehensive checks are carried out here than in the past,” Kurz said in the Saturday edition of the daily newspaper “Österreich”.Kurz also considers sensible that corona tests for returnees should be carried out directly at the border. “The health authorities must perform their work better. This concerns the performance of tests. It still takes too long for the people concerned…

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282 new COVID 19 infections in Austria

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14.08.2020 – In Austria there are 282 new infections. Health Minister Anschober attributes this to the high number of tests. The number of SARS-CoV-2 tests in Austria has risen significantly, as has the number of new infections.   “We have the fact that we have passed a really important mark today. We have more than one million tests. (…) Today (within 24 hours) we have 282 new infections,” Health Minister Rudolf Anschoberin  announced Vienna on Friday. “We have 1,003,432 tests. That is a sign that we are very active in the…

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Before CL-Cracker against Barca: Bavaria and the David Alaba file

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PHOTOMONTAGE Preview of the CL quarterfinal FC BARCELONA FC BAYERN MUENCHEN on 14 08 2020, Estadio da Luz Lisbon The big showdown and a real CK firecracker will take place on Friday between FC Bayern and the Catalans. Source: t-online.de David Alaba and FC Bayern continue their triple mission on Friday evening (21.00 hrs/live Sky) with the Champions League quarter-final clash against FC Barcelona. For Alaba, however, much more is at stake in the coming days. On the fringes of the final tournament in Lisbon, the Munich team plans to…

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US Secretary of State Pompeo lands in Vienna

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On Thursday afternoon US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Vienna. On Friday he will meet Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and Secretary of State Schallenberg. As part of his tour of Central Europe, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed at Vienna International Airport in Schwechat on Thursday. The top US politician came from Slovenia, and this is his third stop. His packed programme on Friday includes top Austrian representatives, the head of the IAEA and his Greek counterpart. Pompeo, who did not attend any media appointments…

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Austria issues travel warning for Croatia

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Due to the rising number of infections among people returning from Croatia or an increase in the country itself, Austria is again issuing travel warning to Croatia. The travel warning comes into force at midnight from Sunday to Monday, as the Foreign Ministry informed the APA on Friday. Vacationers who are currently in Croatia are urgently called upon to return home. Further details are currently being coordinated with the Ministry of Health, according to the Foreign Office. Worldwide, at least the travel advice of level 4 (“high security risk”) continues…

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Viennese fire brigade in continuous operation due to storms

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Heavy storms have hit Vienna yesterday. The Viennese professional fire brigade had been on continuous duty since 17:30 hrs and had to complete about 100 operations since then due to the heavy rain. Since 18.00 o’clock there has been increased alert. Lukas Schauer, spokesman of the fire brigade, informed the APA that the operations were due to fallen trees, broken branches, flooded cellars or water ingresses into apartments. Initially, there was no information about people who had been injured. — hector pascua/agencies

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Biden calls for nationwide compulsory masks

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The US Democratic presidential candidate designate, Joe Biden, has called for a nationwide masking requirement in the coronavirus crisis. From now on, every single American should wear a mouth and nose protector in public, at least for the next three months, Biden said yesterday in Wilmington (Delaware).He and his deputy candidate Kamala Harris had previously been briefed by experts on the coronavirus pandemic. “Every governor should make it mandatory for people to wear a mask,” Biden demanded. Experts estimate that this could save at least 40,000 lives in the next…

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