Month: December 2020

COVID 19 shopping regulations: Non-compliance threaten penalties up to 1.450 €

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Starting tomorrow, shopping malls and other trade establishments will open again after a three week hard lockdown because of the widespread of corona infections. Minister of the Interior Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) appeals to people not to rush into shopping centers immediately and announces drastic penalties. Minister of the Interior Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) warns people to be extremely cautious when shopping and appeals to the Austrian population to be careful when Christmas shopping and beyond: “Take care of yourself and others. Avoid situations in which the distance cannot be maintained. There…

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THIS can save Austria from another lockdown

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One day before the end of the second hard lockdown in Austria, the Federal Chancellor addresses admonishing and appealing words to the population. One day before the end of the hard lockdown, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) addressed the population in a written statement. In it, the head of government calls for the measures that are still in force to be adhered to. Only in this way could the positive development of the past days continue. Kurz is pleased about this positive news, saying that in recent weeks it has…

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COVID 19: Mass testing in Vienna, calm and orderly

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The influx to the mass tests in Vienna is also rather low on Sunday. 19,550 people (as of Sunday morning) have registered for a test appointment at one of the three locations for the mass tests, as the city hall informed the APA at noon. To illustrate: the daily capacity is designed for 150,000 tests. According to the preliminary interim results, 79 positive cases – verified by PCR tests – were found on the first two days of testing. The results in detail: On Friday a total of 107 PCR…

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17,767 new infections in Germany

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The German Robert Koch Institute reports 17,767 new corona infections. That is a good 5,500 fewer than on Saturday, but 3,156 more than a week ago. On Sunday, the numbers are usually somewhat lower because less testing is done on the weekend and less data is submitted. Despite the extended partial lockdown, the number of infections thus remains at a high level and even increases significantly compared to the previous week. 255 more people died from or with the virus. This brings the number of deaths to 18,772, a new…

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USA again registered a peak in new infections

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For the third day in a row, the USA registered a new record in the number of new coronavirus infections. According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 230,000 new cases were registered within 24 hours yesterday, about 5,000 more than the day before. The number of deaths within one day was 2,527. The USA is one of the countries worst affected by the pandemic worldwide. In total, the United States has already recorded more than 14.6 million coronavirus cases. More than 281,000 infected persons died. According to the COVID-19 Data…

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Russia started with mass vaccinations

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Russia has started large-scale vaccinations against the coronavirus in its capital Moscow. The vaccine “Sputnik V” developed by Russian scientists was administered to more than 25,000 volunteers in a total of 70 clinics over the weekend. The state media celebrated the start of the vaccination campaign and compared it with the Soviet Union’s advance into space. One of the headlines was: “The launch of the Sputnik! The “Sputnik” was the first artificial earth satellite in the cosmos in 1957. Mayor: 25,000 vaccinated so farThis makes Russia one of the first…

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2,741 new corona infections in Austria

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The number of new infections is usually lower at the weekend. 2,741 new infections with the coronavirus have been registered in Austria in the past 24 hours according to Sunday figures. This represents a decrease of more than 700 compared to the Saturday figures, although fewer test results are reported on Sundays than on weekdays. Compared to last Sunday’s figure (4,047 new infections), there was a decrease of 1,306 according to the figures from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior (as of 9:30 a.m.). Thus, 303,430…

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Italy deploys 70,000 police officers between Christmas and New Year

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The Italian authorities intend to take tough action to comply with the anti-Covid bills adopted over the Christmas holidays. For example, 70,000 security forces are to be deployed between Christmas and New Year, announced Minister of the Interior Luciana Lamorgese yesterday in an interview with the TV station Sky. Among other things, they are to check that the restrictions on the freedom of travel in force between December 21 and January 6 are being observed. Borders, airports and train stations are also to be strictly controlled, the Minister said. A…

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Travel restrictions: Vice Chancellor Kogler considers extension

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Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler is considering extending the Christmas travel restrictions beyond January 10th. In the “Kurier” the Green leader means: “If we succeed that in Austria the infection measures sink due to strict measures, then one should not turn again there, where these measures do not apply”. Kogler refers here to summer disco tours to Slovakia or trips to Switzerland, while looser rules apply there. In the summer much was to be assigned to Croatia, means Kogler: There it went also completely strongly around Austrian holiday-makers, who made party…

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