Month: September 2020

Initiative against plastic waste

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App to motivate manufacturers to develop packaging alternativesSupermarket shelves are filled with products in plastic packaging. “The consumer wants it that way,” is something you often hear from manufacturers. The non-profit organization “Coast against Plastic” shows that this is not the case with its cellphone app “ReplacePlastic”.Plastic waste is a worldwide problem. Especially when it ends up in nature. Picking it up is no longer enough; the first steps towards change must be taken during production. This includes pointing out to the manufacturer that consumers want alternatives to plastic packaging.…

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Temperature drop increases risk of infection

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Not only does the virus feel most comfortable at around ten degrees and high humidity – we also stay indoors more often Continue to wear a mask, wash your hands, keep your distance, and please do not shake hands – these important hygiene measures apply regardless of the temperature”, appeals Prof. Dr. Michael Kunze of the Social Medical Institute in Vienna.The biggest challenge in autumn and winter will be to differentiate between influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and the common cold. But there are a few typical symptoms: The flu, for example, usually…

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Main site of infections come from “private events”

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▶ Lower Austria massively restricts leisure time in orange districts▶ 684 new cases, including 309 in Vienna: “Stable at too high a level”. During the last 24 hours, the number of new infections did not increase, but stabilized. Even if, according to Health Minister Rudolf Anschober, “at too high a level”. He expects the recently tightened measures to have a positive effect on the figures from the beginning of October. The Health Minister advises to install the Corona-App of the Red Cross. This would make it possible to identify contacts…

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Austria’s Corona Traffic Light update: These districts are now once again at “high risk”.

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Vienna. The Corona Commission has – as reported – set the traffic light for ten more districts to orange. Among them five in Lower Austria, but also Austria’s top ski regions in the west: With Landeck and Schwaz two more are orange in Tyrol. This means: ski areas such as Ischgl/Samnaun, Kaunertal, St. Anton am Arlberg (district of Landeck) have again been downgraded to “high risk”. Also the region Schwaz with the Zillertalarena, Gerlos, the Hintertuxer Gletscher, Mayrhofen. Even the ski area around the top World Cup and celebrity city…

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WHO warns of dramatic increase in fatalities

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The World Health Organization (WHO) fears that the number of deaths caused by the coronavirus could continue to rise dramatically without joint international action. Two million coronavirus deaths or even more are “very likely” if the global community does not take decisive action to counteract the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, said the WHO Director for Medical Emergencies, Michael Ryan, at an online press conference today. Currently, the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide is approaching one million. “One million is a terrible number, and we need to deal with that…

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Registration required: You must fill out a form when you visit the restaurant

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The rule comes into effect in restaurants from Monday – guests must provide names and contact details – take-away not affected – regulation valid until the end of the year. Vienna. The regulation is intended to facilitate the search for contact persons in case of coronavirus infections. The establishments are required to keep the documents for four weeks. The name, telephone number, e-mail address and table number must be entered. The data may only be used in the event of a guest becoming infected. The regulation is valid for the…

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Switzerland puts Lower Austria and Upper Austria on the “red list

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Germany explains also Tirol to “risk area Until now, only Vienna was on the Swiss list of risk countries. Switzerland is now adding the federal states of Lower Austria and Upper Austria to the list of risk areas. As the Swiss Ministry of Health announced on Friday, a quarantine obligation will apply in Switzerland as of next Monday for persons who have stayed in one of the two federal states during the last ten days before entering the country. For Vienna, the same requirements have already been in force since…

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Travel Warning for Prague

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Austria issued a travel warning for the Czech capital Prague on Thursday. In the Czech Republic, especially in the capital, the numbers have been rising significantly for some time. This was announced by the Foreign Ministry. In addition, there are further warnings, but also relief. There are new travel warnings beside Prague also for the French regions Ile-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur. The measures apply from Monday, 0.00 o’clock. At the same time there are to be also travel facilitations: The travel warning for Sweden, which has been in effect for…

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Over seven million cases in the USA

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In the USA, which has a population of around 328.2 inhabitants, more than seven million people have now tested positive for the coronavirus. This is the result of calculations by the Reuters news agency. The number corresponds to more than 20 percent of all cases worldwide. The USA is therefore in first place, followed by India with 5.7 million cases and Brazil with 4.6 million. The number of deaths that tested positive exceeded the 200,000 mark in the United States a few days ago. — Hector Pascua with report from…

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