Month: September 2021

Greater Sydney continues to report record numbers despite lockdown

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Despite a lockdown that has lasted for ten weeks, the Australian state of New South Wales continues to report record CoV figures. Today, authorities in the east coast region recorded 1,431 new cases and 12 deaths – more than at any time since the pandemic began. The Sydney metropolitan area has been particularly hard hit. It is likely that the peak of the most severe wave so far will be reached in the next 14 days, said Regional Prime Minister Gladys Berejiklian. At the same time, restrictions in parts of…

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Corona numbers in Austria are rising rapidly – strict rules could be implemented soon

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Already since August 18, the number of new infections in Austria has consistently exceeded a value of 1,000 Corona cases in 24 hours. The more contagious delta variant has brought the Corona situation in the country to a head again, causing the numbers to rise mercilessly. Most recently, a total of 1,848 new infections were recorded in just one day on Wednesday, a high since the month of April! And also in the hospitals the number of the Corona patients increases inevitably. 545 persons had to be medically treated on…

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Questions and answers about Corona measures in the new school year

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On Monday, the new school year starts in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. One week later, it will also start in the other federal states. Below are some questions and answers about the Corona rules in the new school year. Does my child have to take a Corona test in order to participate in the face-to-face classes? For the first three weeks, absolutely. During this “safety period,” all children must test three times a week – regardless of whether they are vaccinated. One test per week must be a more…

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More than 1,500 new infections in Austria

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Three new deaths were registered in connection with Covid-19. From Wednesday to Thursday, 1,510 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. There are also three new deaths related to Covid-19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,778 so far. The number of active cases increases by 386 to 16,303. The seven-day incidence is 112.86. In the past 24 hours, 80,296 PCR tests have been performed, with a positive rate of 1.88 percent. There are currently 538 people in Austria’s hospitals linked to covid disease, down…

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Thailand to welcome tourists again despite high infection numbers/ Demonstrations in Slovakia

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Despite continued high corona numbers, the government in Thailand intends to stick to a wide-ranging opening of the country to tourism from October. With the largest islands of Phuket and Ko Samui already welcoming fully vaccinated guests again since July, the capital Bangkok and Chon Buri province with the popular seaside resort of Pattaya, among others, are to follow suit from Oct. 1. The cultural center of Chiang Mai in the north and Prachuap Khiri Khan with the resort of Hua Hin are also scheduled to open then. In mid-October,…

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Citywide 30 km/h speed limit called for in Vienna

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Many European cities and towns have been enforcing 30 mph since this year. There are also calls for Vienna to lower the speed limit, but there is no widespread support for a citywide 30.As of this week, 90 percent of the streets in Paris are a 30 zone. In Vienna, too, more and more are slowly being added, such as Thaliastrasse in the Ottakring district from December. Especially in the seventh district (Neubau) there are many 30er limits. Speed limits of 30 already apply on about two thirds of Vienna’s…

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Update for the green passport App

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After an update, you can now read which special regulations have to be observed in the federal states in the Grüner-Pass app.Green passport only for fully-immunized peopleThe Green Pass app has received an update that observes special rules in the federal states. This currently takes into account, for example, the different validity period of 3-G proofs in Vienna. The selection of the federal state is possible via a separate selection field. Functions of the updated version of Green Pass app The “Green Passport App” published by the Ministry of Health…

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New mutant from South Africa -What we know about the virus variant C.1.2

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Another corona virus variant with a particularly large number of mutations is spreading from South Africa. C.1.2 could be a “very nasty variant,” a virologist says. Alpha, beta, gamma and delta – these are the variants of the coronavirus that dominate infection events in our country and also the news coverage. But there are many more variants – currently 1,570 – with different mutations, and with each new infection there is a chance that the coronavirus will continue to change or adapt. One relatively new variant that is keeping scientists…

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Vienna: 82 percent of active Corona cases unvaccinated

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Of the 5,135 active cases reported last Monday, more than four-fifths – exactly 81 percent – involved unvaccinated Viennese.Adding the six percent who became infected after the first vaccine dose, 87 percent of all active cases were not fully immunized. 82 percent of active Viennese Corona cases unvaccinatedParticularly noteworthy is the comparison of seven-day incidence (the infections in the past seven days per 100,000 population, note) by vaccination status. While in Vienna the incidence among those fully immunized in the previous week (Aug. 23-30) was 45.1, it climbed to 281.7…

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