Month: April 2022

Pope calls for “gestures of peace” in St. Peter’s Basilica

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Pope Francis participated in the Easter Vigil ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday evening with thousands of faithful pilgrims. The pope, plagued by knee and hip pain, could not preside over the Easter Vigil Mass himself for the first time. Instead, he participated in the service from a chair in front of the pews of the faithful. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, was the principal celebrant. Pope Francis himself read the sermon. Some 5,500 people took part in the atmospheric ceremony. The rite began…

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8,996 new corona infections on Holy Saturday in Austria

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On Holy Saturday, below 10,000 new Corona infections were again reported in Austria. Specifically, there were 8,996 new infections with the coronavirus. Eight thousand nine hundred ninety-six new infections with the coronavirus and 17 deaths from or with covid-19 have been registered in the past 24 hours. The number of infections is below the previous seven-day average of 9,866, according to Health and Interior Ministry figures (as of 9:30 a.m. Saturday). Meanwhile, the seven-day incidence declined and stood at 769 per 100,000 population on Saturday. The number of hospital patients…

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Corona rules are further relaxed

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From Holy Saturday, new Corona rules apply. There are day and night in the catering trade no more restrictions. FFP2 masks can only be worn in settings such as vital trade, public transport, and hospitals and nursing homes. In other businesses as well as at events, the obligation is dropped. The validity of the Green Passport is extended to one year for triple vaccinated persons. The latter has significance, especially for travel abroad. Because the G-rules in Austria hardly exist where. In hospitals, nursing, rehabilitation, or disabled facilities, vaccination, recovery,…

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Already five million people have fled Ukraine

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The number of people who fled Ukraine because of the Russian war of aggression has exceeded five million. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said today that 4,796,245 million Ukrainians had left their country. In addition, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), there are nearly 215,000 nationals of other countries who lived in Ukraine and have since also fled the country. This is the most significant movement of refugees in Europe since World War II. Ninety percent of those who have fled abroad are women and children, as men…

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These Corona rules will be in effect in Austria until the summer

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April 16 brings relaxation in the Corona rules. People in Vienna will notice this most of all – but also in the other parts of Austria. Still, there are slight deviations in Vienna when it comes to rules. 2G in Viennese Gastro falls –  No mask obligation from 16.4. From Holy Saturday, the Corona rules are again more relaxed. This will be most evident in Vienna, which previously had more restrictive measures such as 2G in gastronomy. But the easing will also be noticeable in the rest of the country,…

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Corona: Over 1.3 million in Austria are neither vaccinated nor recovered

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According to an analysis by Statistics Austria, about 1.32 million in Austria are neither vaccinated against Corona nor have recovered. 52.3 percent of people living in Austria held an upright vaccination certificate at the end of March without contracting the coronavirus. Another 17.2 had been vaccinated but had also become infected with SARS-CoV. The vaccination rate was thus 69.5 percent. This contrasted with 15.7 percent who had recovered unvaccinated – and 14.7 percent or around 1.32 million people were neither vaccinated nor recovered, as an evaluation by Statistics Austria shows.…

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Living room antigen tests available again after Easter

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Test kits should be available again in pharmacies after the holidays. After there have been isolated cases of out-of-stock living room tests in pharmacies over the past few days, supplies have now been restocked. According to the Ministry of Health and the Chamber of Pharmacists, living room tests should be available again in all pharmacies during the coming week. Due to supply delays, the free-living room tests – five antigen tests per person per month – could or can no longer be dispensed in some pharmacies. The problem should have…

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Under 10,000 new infections in Austria on Good Friday

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Good Friday marked the third time this week that the number of new infections was below 10,000. Specifically, 9,790 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the previous 7-day average of 10,367 conditions. The 7-day incidence is currently 815.26. Currently, 146,933 people are actively infected. In the past 24 hours, 119,593 PCR tests have been performed. This results in a positive rate of 8.19 percent. In addition, 31 people have died in connection with the Covid-19 infection. Thus, the pandemic has claimed 16,390 lives so far. source: sozialministerium.at

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WHO: More than 500 million infect

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases has exceeded half a billion, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). As of last night, 500.19 million infections and 6.19 million deaths had been reported to the UN agency in Geneva. Since the emergence of the new coronavirus at the end of 2019, most conditions have been registered in Europe (209.5 million) and the Americas (151.7 million). On the other hand, Africa accounted for only about two percent of the global number of cases. However,…

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