Everything about your entry to Austria

Austria’s borders are open, tourist travel is possible. Here is an overview of the current entry regulations. (Last update: 16. 11. 2021) Tourist travel to Austria is possible! We are happy to welcome you again. From most European and some other countries entry is possible without quarantine under the 3-G rule. 3-G at entry, 2-G during your stayPlease keep in mind that during your stay stricter rules are applied than for your entry. In Austria, 2-G (“vaccinated, recovered”) currently applies in many areas. Access to accommodation, gastronomy or cable cars…

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Climate change: Why planes must fly higher because of it

Greenhouse gas emissions are changing the Earth’s atmosphere. Exactly what that means for the climate is not clearly understood. Climate change is altering the Earth’s atmosphere. Measurements over the past 40 years in the northern hemisphere show that about the lowest (and most turbulent) layer – called the troposphere – has expanded upward by about 50 meters per decade due to climate change. To avoid turbulence, airplane pilots may be forced to fly higher in the future. The troposphere is the layer of the atmosphere in which we humans live…

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10,363 new infections and 61 deaths in 24 hours

There have been exactly 10,363 new infections in Austria in the past 24 hours. In addition, authorities reported 61 more deaths since Monday – the highest figure in nine months. Of those, 22 infected people died in Upper Austria alone. 113 more Covid 19 patients have had to be admitted to hospitals since Monday. Thus, 2,568 infected persons are already in hospital, 458 seriously ill in intensive care units. In the case of particularly severe cases, 17 patients have been added since Monday, and 55 within the past week. A…

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Coronavirus worldwide: UK offers booster for those over 40, Israel allows Biontech vaccine for children five and older

More than 253 million people have tested positive for the virus worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 5.1 million infected people have died. More than 7.4 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. The latest developmentsIn the UK, booster vaccinations against the coronavirus will be offered to everyone over the age of 40 in the future. That was announced by Health Minister Sajid Javid in London on Monday (Nov. 15) following a recommendation to that effect by the National Immunization Commission. The experts also advised that 16- and…

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Biontech/Pfizer’s Corona vaccine can now be given to children aged five to eleven in Israel

Biontech/Pfizer’s Corona vaccine can now be given to children aged five to eleven in Israel. This was decided by the Ministry of Health on Sunday (Nov. 14), after a panel of experts had previously spoken out in favor. The additional doses needed are to be delivered to Israel in the coming days, allowing an immediate start of the vaccination campaign for younger children, the newspaper Haaretz reported. According to the report, only 2 of the 75 experts consulted by the Health Ministry voted against releasing the drug for children five…

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Virologist: “There will be 3G – geimpft, genesen, gestorben” (vaccinated, recovered, died)

Virologist Dorothee von Laer put the Corona situation in Austria into drastic words on the ORF program “Im Zentrum.” In six months, she said, there will be 3G, “then you are either vaccinated, recovered or dead.” Lockdown for unvaccinated fixedOn Claudia Reiter’s show, SPÖ leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner, Maria Rauch-Kallat (former Minister of Health, ÖVP), Hellmut Samonigg (Rector of MedUni Graz), Dorothee von Laer (virologist at MedUni Innsbruck) and Peter Klimek (complexity researcher) discussed the lockdown for the unvaccinated and the sense of a general vaccination requirement. Lockdown for the unvaccinated…

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2G+ in Vienna coming at the end of the week

Additional tightening on Corona measures announced in Vienna will come into effect at the end of this week, Mayor Michael Ludwig has announced.Vienna tightens up on 2G+This was announced by Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) on Monday at the presentation of the children’s vaccination road. Part of the package is about the 2Gplus regulation. In the federal capital, in the future, for example, night catering establishments and events for 25 or more people may only be visited if vaccinated or recovered persons also present a PCR test result. New Viennese package…

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Slovenia considers lockdown for the unvaccinated

Slovenia is apparently considering a “lockdown for the unvaccinated” along the lines of Austria, but is still awaiting a decision from the Constitutional Court in this regard.“Austria has already introduced a drastic restriction for all unvaccinated people. Now we would need to know as soon as possible whether we can also go down this path,” Slovenian head of government Janez Jansa said Monday in parliament in Ljubljana, according to the STA news agency. Croatian president criticizes lockdown for unvaccinatedThe country of two million currently has the European Union’s relatively highest…

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Stricter rules at schools starting today, Tuesday

No school events, such as field trips and hiking days, will be allowed at schools during the next two weeks. In addition, starting Tuesday, FFP2 masks will also be mandatory for elementary and junior high school students, with the exception of their own seats – if a mask is not available, mouth-to-nose protection (MNS) may be worn. If however no FFP2 mask should be available, can be carried at elementary schools and lower stages also a mouth nose protection (MNS), it was called Monday afternoon from the education ministry. This…

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