Corona: Ministry of Health reassures“not too much cause for concern”

Following the Vienna Medical Association’s warning of a “catastrophic Corona situation,” the Ministry of Health gave the all-clear on Wednesday. The situation is similar to that of the previous year, and there is “not too much cause for concern,” explained Katharina Reich, Director General for Public Health, on Ö1-Mittagsjournal. “Both our wastewater monitoring and our dashboard for hospital admissions, as well as our sentinel surveillance—i.e. the information from the practices of registered doctors—show a constant but slow increase in infections. This development is almost the same as in the previous…

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Novena Masses in Honor of Our Lady of Peñafrancia to commence in Vienna on September 13

The festivities in honor of our Lady of Peñafrancia, spearheaded by the Bikol Society (Austria) in cooperation with the Filipino Catholic Chaplaincy in Vienna, will commence with the nine-day Novena Mass on Friday, the 13th of September 2024, at 18:00, taking place at Salvator am Wienerfeld, Wienerfeldgasse 11, 1100 Vienna, Austria. This spiritual journey will allow individuals to deepen their faith and seek blessings from Our Lady of Peñafrancia. Devotees will be filled with hope, comfort, and strengthened belief as the novena progresses. The Novena Masses will be followed by…

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Expert now warn of massive amounts of rain and snow

From Thursday, a cold front will move into Austria from the northwest while an area of low pressure forms over northern Italy. This will lead to a strong change in the weather, as Harald Seidl, a meteorologist at GeoSphere Austria, explains: “Cold and humid air masses will mix over Austria, which will lead to heavy rainfall in many regions.” Considerable fresh snow is also expected in the mountain regions. The snow line will be between 1000 and 1500 meters. “In some valleys, however, it may also snow below 1000 meters,”…

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