Month: October 2020

Government announces tightenings: Indoor meetings only with six people, outdoor twelve

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For weeks the coronavirus numbers have been rising, on Saturday a new peak value was recorded for new infections, and for the first time since the spring, Kuchl in Salzburg is a community under complete quarantine. The situation forces the government to act. On Monday, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz – together with Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober and Interior Minister Karl Nehammer – announced nationwide tightening of the regulations: Meetings starting from Friday, 0:00 o’clock are massively reduced: For private meetings, only a maximum of six (adult)…

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Commentary: Please wake up again…. It will be a long, dark winter.

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Federal and state governments agree on largely joint measures to stop the sharp rise in corona infections. This is a good thing. And hopefully not too late. Let’s not act surprised. For weeks the number of corona infections has been increasing in Austria, mainly in urban areas, but also in rural areas. In the past few days, the curve has been pointing steeply upwards. It was clear that something must be done if we want to get a grip on the completely uncontrolled spread of the damn corona virus. After…

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4,325 new infections in Germany

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According to the Robert Koch Institute, health authorities in Germany reported 4,325 new corona infections within 24 hours on Monday morning. The figure is comparatively low, partly because not all health authorities transmit data at the weekend. Measured against the 2,467 reported infections on Monday last week, however, the current value is significantly higher. The number of new infections reached a peak on Saturday with 7,830 for the third time in a row. According to RKI, at least 366,299 people in Germany have been proven to be infected with the…

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More than 40 million infections worldwide

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According to a Reuters census, global coronavirus cases exceeded the 40 million mark on Monday. The Reuters data is based on official reports from individual countries. Experts believe that the true numbers of both cases and deaths are likely to be much higher, due to testing deficiencies and the fact that some countries may not provide enough reports. Reuters’ data show that the pace of the pandemic continues to increase. It has taken only 32 days to go from 30 million cases worldwide to 40 million compared to the 38…

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Littering in Austria

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Littering is the careless throwing away of garbage in nature, in parks or in public spaces. In a recent report, the Federal Environment Agency takes a close look at the littering situation in Austria. 1,000 tons of garbageIn 2018, about 1,000 tons of waste were collected in Austria in 2,774 corridor cleaning campaigns. More than 163,000 volunteers were motivated to do this throughout the country. While the number of items collected has decreased slightly, the number of volunteers has increased slightly. The decrease in the amount of waste carelessly thrown…

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Coronavirus: Over 200,000 deaths in Europe

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In the EU and its major European partner countries, more than 200,000 people have now died in connection with Covid-19 disease. As reported on Sunday by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in its daily updated figures, there have been 200,587 reported deaths to date in the European Economic Area (EEA) including the UK, with almost 4.8 million confirmed corona infections. Most of the deaths were registered in the United Kingdom (43,579), Italy (36,474), Spain (33,775), France (33,392), Belgium (10,392) and Germany (9,777). The figure for Austria…

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Number of new corona infections in Austria remains high

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With 1,672 new infections in Austria, the number of people who became infected with the coronavirus within 24 hours was again high on Sunday. This is almost twice as many new confirmed cases as in the comparable period on Sunday before. On Saturday, a record number of 1,747 new infections had been reported. Most cases were in Vienna (431) ahead of Lower Austria (356) and Upper Austria (274).On Sunday, 742 people were undergoing hospital treatment for Covid-19 and 135 of them were in intensive care, the Interior Ministry reported. The…

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Coronavirus strikes hard in the second wave in the Netherlands

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8000 new infections within 24 hours were counted last. Many don’t seem to care – the parties have no end. On Wednesday evening in The Hague, while the members of parliament debated the grim reality, hundreds of people were bawling, drinking and dancing in party tents on the square in front of the parliament building. Similar scenes were also reported from other cities. It was probably a last dance: pubs, cafés and restaurants had to close for at least four weeks on October 14. And this behavior suits the Dutch,…

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Commentary: Less fear, more impatience – The pandemic is back with full force

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The pandemic is back with full force. For a while it looked like things were finally getting better. Now we have to fight our impatience. AWe thought we had the pandemic under control. Now we have to admit our frustration: It has us under control. Again. Yesterday was the dramatic climax of a sobering week: 1,747 new infections with the coronavirus have been reported in Austria by Saturday (9.30 a.m.) This is stated in the daily update from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health. This is…

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