Month: May 2021

EU expects 200 million vaccinations by end of week

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Some 200 million doses of Corona vaccine will have been administered in the EU by the end of the week, according to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. By July, an estimated 70 percent of adults could have received their first vaccination, von der Leyen said Monday, according to Deutsche presse Agentur, speaking from circles of participants at a CDU executive committee meeting she joined. Before the end of May, von der Leyen said she expected the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to approve the Biontech/Pfizer vaccine for adolescents aged 12…

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Austria: These travel rules apply with the opening from May 19, 2021

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In mid-May, tourism, gastronomy, leisure and culture in Austria will start again. This also means that new travel rules will apply. The Corona traffic lights are not all switched to green yet, but travel will soon be possible again. Gastronomy in Austria had been closed for more than half a year, and this will reopen on May 19, together with tourism, culture and leisure businesses and also hotels and accommodations. Overview of travel rules for AustriaIf you want to go on vacation in Austria you will probably ask yourself what…

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“Wiener Wiesn” will not take place in 2021

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The “Wiener Wiesn”, a major folk event in the country’s capital city of Vienna, has to be cancelled due to the Corona pandemic. The risk would still be too high. Fans of the Vienna Wiesn will not get their money’s worth again this year: as in the previous year, the major folk event will also be canceled in 2021. This has been communicated by the organizers on Monday. Many variants had been examined, but a folk festival worthy of the name was out of the question. The risk was too…

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Corona drug coming soon? Pfizer working on anti-corona pill

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The U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer is working on a drug to combat Covid-19, an anti-viral agent that people infected with the coronavirus are supposed to take at the beginning of the infection – as a kind of therapy. The tablets are supposed to kill existing coronaviruses in the body and prevent them from spreading. This was explained by U.S. health expert Anthony Fauci in an interview with the Italian television channel RAI over the weekend. “The anti-covid vaccine in tablet form is not yet a reality, but we are working…

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Lowest number since September 2020: 476 new infections in Austria

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On September 14, there were 382 new infections in Austria. That was the last time there were under 500 new infections in Austria. Until today. Because in the past 24 hours there were 476 new infections in Austria. Compared to Monday of the previous week (820 cases), the number drops again significantly and thus the 7-day incidence also drops to 63.78. In addition, there are six new deaths related to Covid 19 infection. In the past 24 hours, 34,079 new PCR tests were made, bringing the positive rate to 1.4…

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Germany: 5412 new infections – incidence remains at 83.1

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Health authorities in Germany have reported 5412 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. This is according to figures from Monday morning, which reflect the status of the RKI dashboard as of 05.03. For comparison, a week ago the figure had been 6922 infections. On Monday, the case numbers reported by the RKI are usually lower, partly because less testing is done on the weekend. According to the RKI, the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants reported within seven days was 83.1 nationwide on…

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Three million Austrians have received at least one vaccination dose

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At the start of the opening week, the threshold of three million vaccinated Austrians who have received at least the first sting will be broken. By June, everyone in the country (who wants to receive the vaccine) will be vaccinated, the Chancellor’s Office said. “The starting point for openings is even better than expected. The curve of the Corona infected points steeply downward, the curve of the vaccinated steeply upward,” Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) commented on the current development. Assuming that two thirds of the population is willing to be…

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Schools in Austria back in full operation

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Today, after the elementary schools, classes in secondary schools are also back in session five days a week; the coronavirus-related shift work of the past few months has ended. In eastern Austria, this means that all young people will still be able to learn together in class on 33 days, while in the west it will be 38 days due to the later summer vacations. Hygiene and distance rules will continue to apply at school, and mouth/nose protection or FFP2 masks will also remain mandatory. Those wishing to attend classes…

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No more quarantine restrictions for people travelling to Italy starting today, Sunday

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For Italy vacationers from Austria and other European countries, the previously required Corona quarantine after arrival will no longer apply from today, Sunday. For entries from the countries of the European Union, the Schengen area, as well as Great Britain and Israel, only a negative test is now required. Previously, people had to spend five days in quarantine and take a second test at the end. Italy hopes that with the abolition of the short quarantine more tourists will arrive. The bathing season started this weekend on the beaches of…

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