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Snow possible throughout Austria on Friday

November 25, 2021 admin

Most of Austria is expecting its first snow this weekend, and Vienna could also experience its first snow this fall. Wintry driving conditions are to be expected on higher freeway sections. “At the weekend, movement comes into the so far very dry autumn. Cold air from the north and low pressure areas over Upper Italy will provide cold and damp weather in Austria. In many regions it will snow from Friday to Sunday for the first time this autumn,” says the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). Only at…

WHO: “Vaccines save lives”

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 admin

“Vaccines save lives, but they do not completely prevent transmission.” This was said by the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in the context of new findings around the effect of CoV vaccination in relation to the highly contagious CoV delta variant. Accordingly, according to the WHO chief, “the data suggest that transmission was reduced by about 60 percent by the vaccines before the emergence of the delta variant. With Delta, that figure has dropped to about 40 percent.” For that reason, he said, there is…

More than 100,000 deaths in Germany

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 admin

The number of coronavirus deaths in Germany has exceeded the threshold of 100,000. As the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported this morning, citing data from public health departments, another 351 people died within 24 hours after CoV infection. The death toll since the start of the pandemic thus rose to 100,119. More than 5.5 million people in Germany have been infected with the coronavirus so far, according to the RKI. The nationwide 7-day incidence rose again and now stands at 419.7, with 75,961 new coronavirus infections registered within one day.…

Slovakia imposes two-week lockdown

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 admin

The Slovak government has decided on a nationwide lockdown for two weeks starting tomorrow. This was announced by Vice Prime Minister Richard Sulik after a cabinet meeting today. Contrary to earlier plans, there will be no exemptions for people vaccinated against Covid-19, the minister told the TASR news agency. Schools, on the other hand, are to remain open, according to government plans. The condition is regular coronavirus testing, Sulik explained. It will also remain possible to go to work, but there will be compulsory testing from Monday. Closed, however, according…

Making trip abroad during lockdown – 2.5-G rule when returning to Austria

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 admin

As reported, travel abroad is permitted. They would serve the “mental and physical recovery outdoors”, it says from the Ministry of Health. Since the goal of shutting down the country is basically to limit contact in order to push down infection rates, this can be argued. Day trips abroad are allowedBut this interpretation, as far as vacation trips are concerned, in turn opens the door to gastronomic and shopping trips beyond the Austrian border, as constitutional lawyer Peter Bußjäger also confirms: “In my opinion, this is possible.” For if vacation…

73.3 percent: majority in intensive care units are unvaccinated

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 admin

That the Corona vaccination helps especially in severe courses, show the latest the figures on the vaccination status of Covid-19 hospital patients from the Ministry of Health. As of yesterday (Tuesday), 584 people across Austria were in intensive care with an infection. 428, or 73.3 percent, of the ICU patients had either no vaccination or incomplete vaccination. The much smaller proportion, 156 people (26.7 percent), had been vaccinated. Figures for ViennaThe figures were similar in the federal capital, Vienna (as of November 22). There, 113 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection required…

Austria: 70 percent vaccinated at least once

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 admin

The number of people in Austria vaccinated at least once against CoV has now reached the 70 percent mark. Today, the statistics of vaccinations recorded in the e-vaccination passport showed exactly 70.0 percent of the total population. Against the backdrop of a sharp rise in infection rates and intensifications, especially for the unvaccinated, the number of first-time vaccinations increased at the end of October and beginning of November. At the end of October, only 66 percent of people in Austria had been vaccinated at least once. As in previous weeks,…

More than 15,000 new Corona cases in 24 hours, 66 deaths

November 24, 2021 admin

Day 3 in the lockdown designed to curb the escalated infection situation. As of today, 15,365 Corona cases have been reported. The lockdown week began Monday with 13,806 new infections nationwide, and Tuesday saw the first significant decline with 9,513 positives. But the numbers should be taken with a grain of salt, because for days there have been problems with reporting PCR test results. Due to the massive rush, the systems are collapsing. As of today, Wednesday, November 24, 2021, authorities have reported 15,365 new Corona infections and 66 deaths.…

Lockdown in Austria: permitted places and events to visit

November 24, 2021 admin

During the lockdown period in Austria, there are still several places and events to visit. Indoor swimming pools are open for schools and soon also for vaccination, but not for clubs. The lockdown measures are not entirely comprehensible. We try to get clarity into the confusion of rules. Sports and leisure: Golf courses and tennis courts can still be used, provided the two-meter distance is observed. Soccer fields, on the other hand, had to close completely. Sports halls are only open to top athletes, while mass sports clubs are shut…