December 2020 Archives

Coronavirus traffic light: Whole Austria for four weeks red

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 admin

Four weeks ago, the Coronavirus Commission in the Ministry of Health saw for the first time a very high risk of infection throughout Austria and therefore set the traffic light to red for the country, all provinces and all districts. Also yesterday afternoon the commission came to the same result despite slightly decreasing values: The risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 is very high everywhere, so the traffic light will remain red everywhere for at least another week. The Coronavirus Commission’s assessment was based on the risk of transmission, the traceability…

Supply with Pfizer vaccine solved

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 admin

The U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer has blamed supply chain problems for the delivery target for its coronavirus vaccine that was capped a few weeks ago. A company spokeswoman told Reuters that it took longer than expected to ramp up the supply of raw materials. The modifications to the production processes have now been completed and the vaccine doses can be produced quickly. Pfizer is developing the vaccine together with the Mainz-based company BioNTech. The ramp-up of raw material supply, which had taken longer, had played a role in the decision…

Mass tests start in Vienna, Vorarlberg and Tyrol

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 admin

In the federal states of Vorarlberg and Tyrol as well as the federal capital Vienna, the corona mass tests start on Friday. In Vorarlberg and Tirol they last until Sunday, Vienna tests until 13 December. Three locations are available for the Viennese. The operation takes place daily from 8.00 to 18.00 o’clock. In Vorarlberg corona tests are accomplished in 80 test stations from 7.00 to 17,00 o’clock, in Tirol 297 test locations were intended – likewise predominantly in the same period. On Friday 130 of them will be opened for…

Biden wants Fauci to be the “chief medical advisor”

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 admin

The elected US president has declared the fight against the Corona pandemic to be his most urgent task.The elected US President Joe Biden wants to make the renowned corona expert Anthony Fauci his top medical advisor. Biden told CNN news channel on Thursday that he had asked Fauci in an interview to “be the chief medical advisor for me and part of the Covid team”. Biden also called on the US population to wear a protective mask for the next 100 days after his swearing-in in January. The head of…

Is safe travel possible at Christmas?

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 admin

Christmas is saved – theoretically. After the announcement of the Federal Government to loosen the Corona restrictions over Christmas and New Year’s Eve in almost all Federal States, meetings “in the closest family or friend” up to ten people are possible. Before the big meeting on Christmas Eve it would be advisable to avoid all contacts as far as possible, which makes especially the journey to the family the biggest challenge. Travel by train ÖBB has announced that it will double the number of mask checks on trains, with “security…

WHO specifies rules: guidance on the correct use of masks

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 admin

Although one has already become accustomed to the use of mask, however, again and again uncertainties arise when wearing it. The World Health Organization has now specified the rules and takes a clear position in a new recommendation.Should you tie your mask in your wrist and also wear a mask in your own home? The World Health Organization (WHO) now provides answers to these questions in a rule paper dated December 1. Most recently, the WHO issued recommendations in June on the compulsory use of masks. Mask on wrist hygienically…

Austrians see increasing fear and loneliness

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 admin

In an online survey by Makam Research GmbH among 622 Austrians aged 20 and older, eight out of ten respondents saw increasing fear in the population and loneliness among the people. Three quarters feared the increase in mental illness. Three out of four identified a rising tendency for the state to control people through Corona, 73 percent felt themselves and their fellow men increasingly restricted in their own freedom. “Every second person recognizes a rising egoism of the people as an accompanying effect of Corona,” said a broadcast by Makam.…

Wiener Eistraum starts on 24 December at the Rathausplatz

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 admin

Although the Christmas market on Rathausplatz has been cancelled, the Ice Dream is taking place, and even earlier than planned. Not only in January, but already on Christmas Eve, December 24, the ice skating pleasure will open, the organizer Stadt Wien Marketing announced on Thursday. Details of the security concept will soon be communicated, it was said. In any case, preparations are already well underway: the huts already erected at the Christmas Market will have to be dismantled to make room for the ice dream. Then the opening on December…

From 7 December 2020 public services in churches will be possible again

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 admin

From Monday, December 7, public services will also be possible again: this was agreed upon by the churches and religious communities on Thursday in a new agreement with the Ministry of Education. According to this agreement, a minimum distance of 1.5 meters must be maintained during church services, during which a mouth and nose protector must be worn. Parish and choir singing will remain suspended until further notice. “Religious celebrations that can be postponed are also postponed”, for example weddings. On Thursday morning, the Catholic bishops discussed the key points…