July 2021 Archives

Vienna vaccinates at Stadionbad

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 admin

On Friday, a vaccination box opens at the Vienna Stadionbad. It is planned for the duration of the bathing season. There is no need to register.Vienna is opening its next vaccination box. It will start tomorrow, Friday, at the Stadionbad (corner Praterallee), as City Hall announced on Thursday. There will be free and without registration vaccinations with the vaccine of Johnson & Johnson or for people under 18 years with the vaccine of Biontech/Pfizer administered. The offer is to continue throughout the entire bathing season.Several vaccination campaigns in ViennaAfter the…

Travel – responsible for one-third of new infections

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 admin

According to AGES, new infections attributable to travel are on the rise in Austria. About one-third of infections can be attributed to travel. In Vienna, travel is responsible for only one in five infections. Travel now accounts for almost one third of all new coronavirus infections. This is shown – with reference to calendar week 27 (July 5 to 11) – by a look at the latest epidemiological clarification of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES). According to this, 31.1 percent of all clarified cases could be traced…

Delta variant continues to gain ground in Austria

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 admin

According to current data from AGES, the proportion of Corona infections with the delta variant in Austria is already 43 percent. Most cases were detected in Vienna. The so-called delta variant of the coronavirus, which was first detected in the Indian state of Maharashtra, continues to advance in Austria. Meanwhile, about 43 percent of the 2,190 sequenced samples in calendar week 28 are responsible for this mutation. This is shown by the latest variant report of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES). This amounts to 942 cases Austria-wide…

Study: Double vaccinations effective against Delta

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 admin

A British study confirms high efficacy of BioNTech/Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines against the Delta variant of coronavirus. Two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from BioNTech/Pfizer or AstraZeneca are almost as effective against the highly transmissible delta variant of the coronavirus as against the previously dominant alpha variant, according to the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. According to the study, two vaccinations with BioNTech/Pfizer are 88 percent effective in preventing symptomatic disease from the delta variant, compared with 93.7 percent against the alpha variant. Dual vaccination with…

NIGHT GASTRO AND MASKS The new rules at a glance

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 admin

After the extensive relaxations of July 1, the next changes to the coronavirus measures are in effect as of today, July 22. These include a tightening in night gastronomy, but also the end of mandatory masks in many stores (except supermarkets, pharmacies, etc.), museums and libraries in all provinces except Vienna. Below is an overview of the current nationwide regulation – along with references to the additional measures enacted by the federal states. Night catering/gastronomyAccess to night catering is now only possible for vaccinated persons and persons with a current…

Pharmacies to offer free PCR tests

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 admin

Pharmacies will soon offer free PCR tests, which will be mandatory from Thursday for non-vaccinated people, for example in night gastronomy. This was announced by Apothekerkammer President Ulrike Mursch-Edlmayr in an interview published by the Austria Press Agency (APA). She said that this had already been agreed with the Ministry of Health and the social insurance companies. In the Chamber of Pharmacists, this offer is still blessed on Wednesday by the Presidium. The tests will be offered in all pharmacies throughout Austria, which currently already perform the antigen tests. However,…

431 new infections in Austria

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 admin

In addition, there is no new case of death related to Covid-19 infection. From Tuesday to Wednesday, there were 431 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared to the previous week (332 cases), this is an increase of 99 cases. This brings the 7-day incidence to 26.86. In addition, there are no new deaths associated with Covid 19 infection. The number of active cases increases to 3,998 with 187 new recoveries. In the past 24 hours, 65,627 new PCR tests were performed, bringing the positive rate to 0.66 percent. There are…

Brisbane to host the 2032 Olympic Games

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 admin

The Australian metropolis was the only candidate and, logically, got the nod. Brisbane is set to host the 2032 Olympic Games, with the metropolis in the Australian state of Queensland winning the bid to host the summer games in 11 years’ time from the 138th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Tokyo on Wednesday. Brisbane had been declared a “preferred bidder” by the IOC as part of a new award process and was therefore the only candidate to be chosen to host the Games at the XXXV Olympiad.…

France tightens measures also for tourists

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 admin

In view of the significant increase in the number of coronavirus infections, France is tightening the regulations for locals as well as for tourists as of today. A health passport will become compulsory in tourist attractions such as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, as well as in amusement parks, concert halls, museums and cinemas with at least 50 visitors. It provides information about a vaccination, a survived infection or a negative coronavirus test. It already applies in discotheques and at festivals. Tourists or other travelers to France from abroad can…