Month: December 2020

ENFiD-AUSTRIA’s LOCKDOWN PROJECT: “RECIPES for KEEPS 2020” – Virtual Global Book Launching on 13 December 2020

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“RECIPES for Keeps” is a lockdown project of the European Network of Filipino Diaspora – Austria (ENFiD-Austria) in lieu of its activities and events which were either cancelled or re-scheduled to 2021 due to the CoViD-19 pandemic. What started out as a simple cookbook for its members, became a collection of recipes developed while sheltering in place, consisting of 79 mouth watering recipes from 46 contributors from 5 continents across the world: Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, South America. For Ana Maria Langer, ENFiD Auditor, Cookbook Coordinator, who developed the…

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More than 2,600 new infections and 58 deaths in one day

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In the last 24 hours, there have been 2,641 new Corona cases and 58 deaths in Austria. According to the Ministry of Interior on Sunday, there have been 322,463 positive test results in Austria so far. As of today (9:30 a.m.), 4,473 people across Austria have died as a result of the virus and 281,106 have recovered. Currently, 3,444 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the Corona virus, and of these, 577 of the ill are in intensive care units. The new infections are divided among the provinces of…

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Survey shows low vaccination readiness in Austria

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Only just under every fifth person in Austria wants to be vaccinated against Covid-19 anyway. This is shown by the current “Austria Trend” by pollster Peter Hajek for APA and ATV. According to the survey, 17 percent would “definitely” go for vaccination, 29 percent “definitely not”. The work of the government continues to be rated extremely positively. In the Sunday poll, the ÖVP continues to be clearly ahead, with excellent scores for Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. In the question on willingness to vaccinate, a gradation between 0 (“definitely not”) and 10…

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Because of HIGH INFECTION RATES New Corona Rules announced

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The new rules over Christmas and New Year make one thing clear: We are in for a long road through a tough Corona winter. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP): “In the first months of the year, vaccination will not yet have an effect.” Details on mandatory outdoor testing and masks are to come next week. Less than two weeks after the Federal government’s announcement that Christmas holidays and New Year’s Eve may be celebrated by tens and regardless of residence, the government rowed back again in view of the still high…

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COVID 19 in Austria: Death rates still high

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The situation in intensive care units is slowly easing. Though death rate is still increasing.Austria has no longer overcrowded intensive care units. But Chancellor Sebastian Kurz maintaned that the situation has not eased much. Chancellor Kurz justified the tightening late on Friday evening for the holidays.The fact check shows: Intensive care unit utilization is falling, albeit slowly. Currently, 28.5 percent of beds are occupied, compared to 32.3 percent a week ago. However: Yesterday, the number of intensive care patients increased by 19.Also on the rise is the number of covid…

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Mass Testing in Vienna: only over ten percent of the population participated

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Today, Sunday, the Austria-wide mass testing initiated by the federal government ends in Vienna. Although the three test sites are still open until 6 p.m., it is already clear that only slightly more than ten percent of the population in the federal capital had themselves tested for the virus free of charge. Capacity was designed for a participation rate of up to 60 percent, or 1.2 million people. Including Saturday, according to the office of Health Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ), exactly 204,880 people had a rapid antigen test carried out…

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Germany reports 20,200 new infections

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Within one day, public health departments in Germany have reported 20,200 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). This is according to figures released Sunday morning. The peak had been reached on Friday with 29,875 reported cases. On Sundays, the recorded case numbers are usually lower, partly because less testing is done on weekends. Last Sunday, the number had been 17,767. The health authorities also reported 321 new deaths within one day. The previous high of 598 deaths had also been reached on Friday. The trend in daily…

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Vaccination could start in the USA on Monday

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Following approval of the first Corona vaccine in the U.S., vaccination could begin there on Monday. Currently, existing doses of the approved vaccine from German pharmaceutical company Biontech and its U.S. partner Pfizer are being packaged, a White House official said today. Tomorrow, those doses would then be shipped to more than 600 initial deployment sites. “Starting Monday, the vaccine will be deployed,” Gustave Perna said. Perna is in charge of logistics for “Operation Warp Speed,” the White House vaccination project. The CoV vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer had received…

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Hard lockdown in Germany might start on Wednesday

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Due to the persistently high CoV figures, a hard lockdown is to apply in Germany from Wednesday at the latest, according to a report. The heads of the state and senate chancelleries of the federal states had agreed on this with the Chancellor’s Office this evening, the business magazine “Business Insider” reported. The Chancellor’s Office would prefer to put the lockdown into effect on Tuesday. The state premiers want to discuss the tightening measures with Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) tomorrow morning. The meeting had been called at short notice because…

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