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Travel tips for your summer vacation 2021: New rules daily for tests, vaccinations, borders

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EU certificates, curfews, entry forms: Whoever goes on vacation has to reckon with constantly changing rules, depending on the country. Travel tips for your summer vacation 2021Spain: Regions decide on restrictions themselves – in Mallorca, for example, there are nighttime curfews. No certificate is required for entry from Austria, but airlines can demand one. Attention: As of Tuesday, returnees from the Netherlands, Spain, Cyprus need proof of vaccination, recovery or PCR test at Austria’s airports – otherwise the latter must be carried out “immediately”. Croatia: For entry, it needs since…

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Corona vaccinations without an appointment at the Austria Center and in vaccination boxes

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Vaccination against the corona virus with all available vaccines is offered at the Austria Center Vienna from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day until Sunday as part of the vaccination campaign that started today. The manufacturers BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson are available. The vaccines from BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna can be used to vaccinate people aged twelve years and older. AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson are also available to persons 18 years and older. The interval between the second partial vaccination can be arranged flexibly according to…

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Vienna: Third vaccination in nursing homes when autumn starts

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The city’s nursing homes were the first to be vaccinated at the beginning of the year. It is currently assumed that a third vaccination will be necessary nine months after the basic immunization. As a result, the Health Department plans to provide boosters in autumn. “From today’s perspective, the recommendation for the third sting of CoV vaccination is around nine months after the second vaccination. Therefore, booster vaccinations will begin in the fall,” the Ministry of Health told ORF’s “Wien Heute”. Initially, risk groups who were vaccinated at the beginning…

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Starting today: Mandatory PCR testing for travelers

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This applies to travelers from the Netherlands, Spain or Cyprus, unless proof of full immunization or a medical certificate of recovery within the last 90 days is provided. Starting today, Tuesday, travelers returning to Austria and vacationers from the Netherlands, Spain or Cyprus must be able to prove at Austrian airports upon entry that they have been fully vaccinated, have recovered from a Corona infection in the past 90 days or have tested negative for PCR. That’s according to an amendment to the entry regulation published last week. Travelers without…

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Vienna relies on vaccination buses

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After the boat, now comes the bus: In Vienna, two vaccination buses are on the road from Wednesday, in which one can be vaccinated against the coronavirus without registration and appointment. In the Austria Center and eight vaccination boxes are also vaccination without registration. The two buses of Wiener Linien will make stops at alternating, heavily frequented locations, it was said by Health City Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ). Over 18-year-olds can get the vaccine from Johnson & Johnson there, for people between twelve and 18 years there is Biontech/Pfizer. All…

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60 million Corona cases now detected in Europe

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More than 60 million infections with the coronavirus have now been detected in Europe since the start of the CoV pandemic. This means that the European Region accounts for about 30 percent of all cases reported worldwide to date, according to the latest figures released today by the World Health Organization (WHO). As a result, the WHO Regional Office for Europe called for more efforts to make faster and more balanced progress in vaccinating against CoV. It is important that countries continue their efforts to protect the most vulnerable people…

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COVID 19 Cases among Croatia vacationers explode

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Is compulsory testing now coming for Croatia homecomers? Daily Newspaper “Heute” publishes: 328 Corona cases have been traced from Balkan vacationers. Anyone returning to Austria from Spain, Cyprus or the Netherlands must – as reported – undergo a mandatory PCR test from Tuesday. “We must do everything we can to avoid endangering our own tourist season with imported infections,” Minister Elisabeth Köstinger (VP) said recently, explaining the request. The Minister of Health then enforced it for the above-mentioned countries. But how sensible is this tightening of measures? According to “Today”…

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England lifts quarantine requirement for EU vaccinees

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Travel to England is becoming easier again: as of today, the quarantine requirement previously in force will no longer apply to CoV vaccinated persons from the EU and the USA. According to the British government, travelers from France are not covered by the new regulation because of the spread of the beta variant of the coronavirus there. According to authorities, the exemption from quarantine applies to anyone who has been fully vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).…

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CoV vaccination campaigns start today without appointments

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In the fight against the coronavirus, Vienna relies on vaccinations without registration and without appointment. Two major campaigns start today: Eight vaccination boxes, distributed throughout the city, open and in the Austria Center will be vaccinated for a week spontaneously with free choice of vaccine. In Austria Center, the COVID 19 vaccination without registration takes place until Sunday, August 8. Aside from this, one can also choose between all available vaccines – AstraZeneca, Biontech/Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna. All that is needed is an ID card and, if available,…

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