Day: November 26, 2020

Covid 19 Vaccination: now a recommendation

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Instead of treating the Covid 19 vaccine as an obligation, this will only be recommended by the federal goverment. The Ministry of Social Affairs has sent a corresponding decree in review this afternoon, comments can be submitted until December 10. This will improve the chances of compensation in the event of vaccination damage. Admittedly, the immunizations approved so far in Austria have proven to be largely safe, as can be seen from the figures given in the explanations of the regulation. According to these figures, only 88 people currently receive…

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Fucking becomes Fugging

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The 100-inhabitant community of Fucking in Upper Austria is known worldwide because of its name. Fucking has received so much attention over the years – and caused so many bad jokes and rather unwanted visitors from the residents. New name from 1 January 2021The Tarsdorf municipal council decided on November 17, 2020, the name Fucking will disappear from the place name signs, at the request of the population. “The local council has decided to rename the village Fucking to the place name Fugging with effect from 01 .01.2021.” According to…

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Corona Mass Test Vienna between December 2 and 13

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The federal capital wants to start its own COVID 19 tests among teachers, kindergarten teachers and police officers. The mega project is to be carried out between December 2 and 13. Vienna wants to start as soon as possible, so that there is a sufficient number of people to be tested”, said the responsible health city councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ). The reason: “Nobody will get tested if they have to expect to spend the holidays in quarantine”. The three test lines for the mass tests are to be set up…

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Poll: Population against Sunday opening before Christmas

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A push by Harald Mahrer, President of the Chamber of Commerce, for open business in the pre-Christmas period caused the waves to surge last week. The business representative got rejections from all sides, even from his own ranks. Even the population cannot get much out of the proposal. In a marketing survey of 500 people, the majority (65 percent) spoke out against opening on the last two Sundays in Advent. Three quarters of those questioned would not even use the opportunity to shop on Sunday. Although more than a third…

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Coronavirus traffic light on permanent red

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For the fourth week in a row, all Austrian districts in the Coronavirus traffic light remain on red. This is evident from the documents of the traffic light commission, which is meeting today. There is good news at least from Vienna, where 40 percent of all cases of infection can now be traced again. This puts Vienna far ahead of all other federal states with the exception of Salzburg. Progress is being made, especially in Vienna, in clarifying the source of infection. The already very good figure of 31 percent…

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Hungary extends border closure until 1 February

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Hungary is extending its border closure until February 1, 2021, which according to the Hungarian Official Gazette extends the strict border regime, which initially applied until December 1, by two more months. In this sense, foreigners may enter Hungary only with justified exceptions, while Hungarian citizens returning to their country must be quarantined. The restrictions introduced so far will remain in place, explained Minister of Law Gergely Gulyas at a press conference in Budapest today. The minister initially justified the high number of cases by citing the increased number of…

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5,526 new corona infections in Austria

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Austria, 26 November 2020 – Most new infections occur in Lower Austria, followed by Styria and Vienna. The number of new infections in Austria remains high. From Wednesday to Thursday there were 5,526 new corona infections. There are 7,283 new recoveries. Compared to the previous week, the trend is clear. Also today there are again about 1,300 new corona infections less than in the same period last week. Currently, 3,756 positively tested persons are undergoing hospital treatment, 705 persons are in intensive care.Here are the numbers in detail: ➤ Burgenland:…

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Austria sets on vaccination recommendations

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Unlike in some European countries, such as Belgium, France or Italy, there is currently no compulsory vaccination in this country, but recommendations. In order to enable as many people as possible to have access, the free child vaccination program for children under the age of 15 was set up around 20 years ago. It includes the most important childhood diseases, pneumococcus and many more. “For the most part, these are also very well accepted, for example against polio (polio), FSME (tick-borne encephalitis) or tetanus (tetanus). Hardly anyone would think of…

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Moderna plans to deliver CoV vaccine already in December

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U.S. manufacturer Moderna plans to start supplying its CoV vaccine to the European Union as early as December – provided the product receives regulatory approval. The company announced this yesterday. It confirmed the conclusion of a framework agreement with the EU Commission. According to the agreement, initially 80 million vaccine doses are to be delivered, with an option for 80 million additional units. “Moderna expects to begin shipping mRNA-1273 to the European Union in December 2020,” the company confirmed. Strategic partners in Europe are Lonza in Switzerland and Rovi in…

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