November 2020 Archives

Furore over ”Fucking”- ”Stolen” boundary sign costs 2,499 euros

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

The small village Fucking in Upper Austria – world-famous bacause of its name – will get the name Fugging, starting January 2021. The inhabitants and the mayor have finally had enough of the worldwide hype about their village. During the past days, it has been reported that souvenir hunters stole the coveted boundary sign by night. Some thieves were caught red-handed, they even came specially from neighboring Bavaria. Now fucking signs are popping up on the Internet: At a sales exchange, a community sign can be bought for 2,499 euros.…

Croatia’s head of government tested positive

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic is tested positive for the coronavirus today. This was announced by the government spokesman Marko Milic in the evening. “At the moment he feels good. He will carry out his activities and obligations from home and follow all the instructions of doctors and epidemiologists”, the statement said. He is the first EU head of government to be infected with the virus. Plenkovic was in home quarantine since Saturday after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus. A first test at the Prime Minister’s office had…

Pope Francis met cardinals and Pope Emeritus Benedikt XVI

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

According to critics, several corona rules have been broken during the visit of newly appointed cardinals to the emeritus Pope Benedict XVI. Eleven new purple bearers went with Pope Francis to the monastery “Mater ecclesiae” in the Vatican Gardens on Saturday. It has been said that the cardinals, hardly any of whom wear a protective mask, keep little to no distance from each other. The pontiff even kisses the hands of his predecessor as if there was no pandemic at all. Pope Franziskus, who very rarely wears a mask in…

Moderna plans to apply for approval of vaccine in EU

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

The US pharmaceutical company Moderna wants to be the first company to apply for approval of a CoV vaccine in the EU. The application for a conditional approval is to be submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) today, the company now announced. An application for emergency approval in the USA is also to be filed today in parallel, the company said. “We believe that we have a vaccine that is highly effective. We now have the data to prove it,” said Tal Zaks, Chief Medical Officer at Moderna. “We…

2,748 new infections on Monday

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

The lockdown is taking effect: only 2,748 new infections were recorded on Monday. The new infections since the last report are divided among the federal states of Austria as follows: Burgenland: 107 Carinthia: 180 Lower Austria: 619 Upper Austria: 521 Salzburg: 232 Styria: 343 Tyrol: 268 Vorarlberg: 112 Vienna: 366 The number of new coronavirus infections detected in Austria within 24 hours fell below the 3,000 mark for the first time again on Monday with 2,748 cases. At a press conference on the corona app in Vienna, Health Minister Rudolf…

Gastronomy, sports facilities and hotels might remain closed for even longer time

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

Schools and retailers will be allowed to open their doors again in just over a week. The leisure industry will probably have to wait even longer. While across Europe there is fierce debate about a skiing ban, the employment market service continues to do its job unperturbed. It calls on job seekers to apply for open positions in winter tourism. Corresponding initiatives made the round in social networks in the last days. Particularly since waiters for après-ski restaurants are also being sought, which even in the case of an opening…

About 11,100 new infections in Germany

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

As expected, the health authorities have reported comparatively few new coronavirus infections in Germany to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). Within one day, 11,169 new cases were reported, as the RKI announced today. The previous peak was reached on Friday one week ago (20.11.) with 23,648 reported cases. On Monday last week the number was 10,864. On Sundays and Mondays, the numbers are comparatively low because, according to the RKI, fewer samples are taken at the weekend and therefore less testing is done overall. The German health authorities also reported…

Measures for Olympia cost millions

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

The organizers of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which have been postponed until next summer due to the coronavirus, will face considerable additional costs. According to the Japanese news agency Kyodo, the organizing committee estimates the cost of measures to protect against the corona virus at around 100 billion yen (around 802 million euros).Comprehensive tests for athletesOn December 2, the Japanese NOK, the city of Tokyo and the Japanese central government plan to present an interim report on the measures, as the Japanese newspaper “Nihon Keizai Shimbun” reported today. According…

US virologist Fauci warns of explosion in case numbers

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

The renowned US virologist Anthony Fauci has warned of a dramatic increase in coronavirus infection numbers after Thanksgiving. Due to the brisk travel activities around the most important US holiday, the spread of the coronavirus will most likely accelerate again, Fauci told CNN yesterday. In two or three weeks, a sharp increase in the number of infections can be expected. “We don’t want to scare people, but this is the reality,” Fauci said. Before Thanksgiving last Thursday, the CDC strongly discouraged the usual trips across the US to visit family…