Month: April 2021

Pope celebrates Easter in almost empty St. Peter’s Square

admin

Good Friday celebration in nearly deserted St. Peter’s SquareFor the second time in a row, the Pope has had to celebrate the traditional Stations of the Cross procession without thousands of faithful. Pope Francis has celebrated the traditional Stations of the Cross procession on Good Friday for the second time in the largely empty St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican because of the Corona pandemic. Only about 200 faithful, cardinals and children took part in the ceremony. Normally, the procession takes place in front of thousands of faithful at the…

Read More

BIKOL SOCIETY AUSTRIA: Virtual Annual General Meeting and Election on 20 March 2021

admin

Vienna, 21 March 2021 – In an unprecedented action, Bikol Society Austria (BSA) conducted its Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually, in view of the current CoViD-19 pandemic restrictions in Austria. This was also in accordance with BSA Executive Board decision and instructions received from the Landespolizeidirektion Wien (LPD Wien).At the AGM, outgoing BSA President, Maria Zelda Magistrado ROJAS, delivered a presentation on the activities, events and projects undertaken by BSA in 2020. This included the:✓ Annual General Meeting (AGM 2020), 31 July✓ BSA Booth at the Filipino Food Festival, July-August✓…

Read More

Corona: 3,283 new infections in Austria

admin

There were also 37 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection. From Good Friday to Holy Saturday, there were 3,283 new infections in Austria. In addition, 37 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection were reported in the past 24 hours. By comparison, a week ago Saturday, the number of new infections was 3,498 cases. Austrian hospitals have 93 fewer patients in normal wards and four fewer patients in intensive care units. New infections by province:Burgenland: 105 Carinthia: 181 Lower Austria: 674 Upper Austria: 381 Salzburg: 200 Styria: 307 Tyrol:…

Read More

18,129 new infections and 120 deaths in Germany

admin

Health departments in Germany have reported 18,129 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. In addition, 120 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours. This is according to figures released by the RKI on Saturday. Exactly a week ago, the RKI had recorded 20,472 new infections and 157 new deaths within one day. The data reflect the status of the RKI dashboard as of 05.05, subsequent changes or additions by the RKI are possible. According to the RKI, the number of new infections reported within…

Read More

Police checkpoints in East lockdown: ‘People abide by rules’

admin

At the start of the Easter lockdown in eastern Austria, the police drew a positive balance. The population is largely disciplined and adheres in principle to the lockdown measures. Vienna’s city center emptyLargely disciplined, the population in the eastern region adheres to the prescribed and with Thursday in force “Easter calm”. The police in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland have not yet had to call in the curfews in droves and hardly disperse any gatherings, which was quite surprising in view of the early summer temperatures. There had been significantly…

Read More

Argentina’s president positive – despite vaccination

admin

Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández has tested positive for the coronavirus, although he was injected with the Russian vaccine Sputnik V weeks ago. The sobering test result came on his 62nd birthday, of all days, the head of state wrote on Twitter that night. Due to his headache and elevated temperature of 37.3 degrees, he had first undergone an antigen test and after the positive result had gone into quarantine. For confirmation, he said, he had a more accurate PCR test done, the result of which is still pending. Fernández had…

Read More

New variant with up to 40 mutations discovered in Africa

admin

A new Corona variant has been registered in Africa, according to the pan-African health agency Africa CDC. It was discovered in travelers from Tanzania in Angola, the head of Africa CDC, John Nkengasong, announced at a press conference on Thursday. He said the new variant has up to 40 mutations. “This is certainly a variant of concern,” he said. “Unfortunately, we don’t know how this variant will respond to vaccines,” Nkengasong explained. There is now a surveillance system in Tanzania’s neighboring countries, while the mutant is being studied in South…

Read More

3,137 new corona infections on Good Friday in Austria.

admin

Today, Good Friday, 3,137 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. Across Austria, 9,397 people have died as a result of the viral illnesses. The daily Corona new infections in Austria reported by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior continue to remain above the 3,000 mark with 3,137 new cases on Friday. The number of intensive care patients remained almost the same over the past 24 hours, rising by four to 535, while the total number of hospital patients fell slightly to 2,294 (as of 9:30…

Read More

“Alles gurgelt”: about 830,000 PCR tests issued since Friday

admin

For a week now, all Viennese have been able to obtain free PCR tests as part of the “Alles gurgelt” initiative. “It has all worked very well,” City Hall drew a first balance on Thursday. “Alles gurgelt” initiative free for all ViennesePreviously, participation was only possible for selected businesses and organizations. Since Friday, around 830,000 test kits have been issued and 132,500 samples (22,100 per day) have been evaluated. A further 30,000 samples were handed in yesterday (Wednesday) and are currently being evaluated. “The stock level in branches is constantly…

Read More