Year: 2021

Virtual Meet & Greet with Ivan Frank M. Olea: Chargé d’ affaires a.i./ Deputy Chief of Mission

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by Sarah Jozelle Magistrado Rojas Embassy of the Philippines in Austria, Vienna, 27 December 2021 Nine days after taking office as Chargé d’ affaires a.i. (CdA)/ Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) of the Embassy of the Philippines in Austria, Consul General Ivan Frank M. Olea was welcomed by the members of the European Network of Filipino Diaspora Austria (ENFiD-Austria) in an online Christmas Celebration on 27 December 2021 via zoom. At this virtual event, ENFiD-Austria Chairwoman, Maria Zelda “Marizel” Rojas, delivered a presentation on ENFiD-Austria, describing its raison d’etre, accomplishments…

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Before New Year’s Eve fireworks: Sydney reports Corona record

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Shortly before the planned impressive fireworks at the turn of the year in Sydney Harbour, the Australian state of New South Wales has recorded more new corona infections than ever before. Authorities in the east coast region reported about 21,100 new cases on Friday – nearly 9,000 more than on Thursday and 15,000 more than on Wednesday. Higher numbers of new infections have never been recorded in any Australian region, broadcaster ABC reported. Australia had long pursued a zero-covid strategy and closed its national borders to visitors. Despite this, infection…

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Rules for New Year’s Eve and afterwards

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Large parties are cancelled again. After 10 p.m., parties are also only permitted with a maximum of ten people – regardless of vaccination status. There are changes for the evenings after New Year’s Eve. How many people are allowed to toast the new year together? Up to ten or up to 25, depending on whether the group includes only vaccinated or recovered guests: In that case, there may be up to 25. If non-immunized people are present, the number is reduced to ten participants, or in other words: from eleven…

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On new Year’s Eve: 3,624 new infections in Austria

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The number of new cases continues to rise. From Thursday to Friday, 3,624 new infections were registered in Austria. This is a slight increase from the previous day’s 3,225. The seven-day incidence is 200 cases per 100,000 population. To date, there have been 1,278,619 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 13,733 people have died and 1,234,709 have recovered from coronavirus across Austria. There are currently 30,177 active corona cases in Austria. 331 in intensive careCurrently, 1,065 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the virus. Of these, 331…

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New Year’s resolutions – thoughts for the new year

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New Year’s resolutions, everyone knows them, everyone has them or had them at least once. Who does not know it, either you yourself or your friends have once again resolved something for the new year, which they absolutely want to implement. In January, the gyms are once again overcrowded (if lockdown would not be implemented again!) and you have to wait until February until you can finally train normally again. Because there most threw their resolutions already again overboard. The most typical New Year’s resolutions actually start with just that:…

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Over one million Corona deaths in Eastern Europe since the start of the pandemic

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More than one million people have died in Eastern Europe in connection with the virus since the first recorded cases of Corona in China about two years ago, according to calculations by the Reuters news agency. Among the worst-hit countries in the region are Russia, Poland and Ukraine, the data show. A total of 1.04 million people in Eastern Europe died from the virus. In Europe, a total of 1.87 million deaths were counted. In Russia alone, more than 87,000 people died in November in connection with the coronavirus, a…

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Israel launches fourth vaccination in immunocompromised people

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Israel will initially give a fourth dose of the Corona vaccine only to people with immunodeficiency. An expert panel had recommended that people over 60 and medical personnel be vaccinated for the fourth time, in addition to the immunocompromised, in light of the rapid spread of the Omikron variant. Nachman Asch, director general of the Ministry of Health, said he was not yet convinced that this was already necessary. However, he said, they are re-evaluating every day how to proceed. An Israeli hospital had begun a study Monday on the…

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COVID 19: An international overview

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Portugal is following Spain’s example and reducing the isolation period from ten to seven days. The reduction applies to infected people without symptoms and to people with a suspected corona infection that has not yet been confirmed. Austria does not count Spain or Portugal as a virus variant area. Therefore, 2G plus applies to entry into Austria. Persons entering Austria must present proof of vaccination or recovery and additionally a PCR test. Persons who have already received another vaccination dose (“booster”) are exempt from presenting a test. The Greek Health…

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According to statistics: More than one million new infections per day

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For the first time, the threshold of more than one million new CoV infections per day worldwide has been exceeded, according to a count by the AFP news agency. With more than 7.3 million new infections reported by authorities around the world between Dec. 23 and Dec. 29, there were an average of 1.045 million infections with the coronavirus per day. This is the highest figure since the pandemic began two years ago. The number is significantly higher than the previous record, which was set between April 23 and 29,…

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