Vienna: Third booster vaccine after four months, “2-G plus” for events

Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) announced further tightening of Corona rules for Vienna – regardless of Sunday’s pending decisions on a possible lockdown for unvaccinated people across Austria. In the night gastronomy and at events with more than 25 persons, access shall in the future only be allowed if one is vaccinated or recovered and can also show a valid PCR test (“2-G plus”). The FFP2 mask requirement is to be extended indoors – for example, to workplaces. In the catering industry, the wearing of an FFP2 mask away from…

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Breaking news: Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg: Green light for lockdown for unvaccinated on Sunday

Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) has given a concrete timetable to the lockdown for the unvaccinated, which he had already ventilated yesterday. The intention is to give the “green light” for such a lockdown on Sunday, Schallenberg said today at a press conference on the “blackout” exercise in Innsbruck. Before that, there would be a virtual conference with the provincial governors this weekend and, in addition, a meeting of the main committee of the National Council on Sunday. In any case, he wanted a “nationwide” solution, Schallenberg said. Once again, the…

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11,798 new infections in Austria

The corona situation in Austria remains high-risk. From Thursday to Friday, 11,798 new Corona infections have been reported. In addition, 40 new deaths related to the virus have been registered. There are 98,717 currently infected with Corona in Austria. To date, there have been 934,948 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 11,641 people across Austria have died as a result of the corona virus and 824,590 have recovered. Currently, 2,294 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the virus. Of these, 436 are being cared for in intensive…

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Study: Friday is the least productive day of the week

The weekend is approaching, concentration is sinking, and in many offices leisure plans are already being made – the majority of people name Friday as the day on which work is least productive (33.6 percent), as a recent online survey by Marketagent shows. This has not changed in recent years either. A 2019 survey by the Online Research Institute showed a similar result. Work is done at 80 percentHowever, Austrians definitely do not feel underutilized at work. Almost 90 percent of respondents say they are confronted with high demands at…

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Antibody tests are no longer 3G detection in the workplace

As of Nov. 8, convalescents are no longer considered recovered in the workplace if their Covid 19 infection occurred more than 180 days ago. The Department of Health clarified this to APA after recent confusion due to recent changes to the 3rd COVID-19 Measures Regulation. Anywhere 2G or 2.5G applies, antibody detections were no longer allowed even before Nov. 8. In the workplace, where 3G applies, Section 1 of the regulation stated until Nov. 8 that neutralizing antibody tests no older than 90 days were also considered evidence. As of…

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Upper Austria: lockdown for unvaccinated starting Monday

Extremely high new Corona infection figures will bring a lockdown for the unvaccinated in Upper Austria next Monday. Mückstein wants regional lockdown“The situation is dramatic, so we trigger the fifth stage of the step-by-step plan of the federal government and plan from Monday a lockdown for unvaccinated, provided there is a legal green light from the federal government or the federal government creates the legal basis,” explained Governor Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP). He thus confirmed an online report in the “Kronen Zeitung”. 461 patients in the normal ward and 89 in…

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6.2 percent have the Corona “booster” vaccination

In Austria, about six million people have been vaccinated at least once against the corona virus. However, only just under 560,000 Austrians have received the booster vaccination – that’s 6.2 percent.This corresponds to two thirds of the population. However, only just under 560,000 have received the booster vaccination – i.e. 6.2 percent of the population. Most of them have been vaccinated in Lower Austria. Since the end of October, nearly 126,000 initial vaccinations and 234,000 “boosters” have been added. As of yesterday, Wednesday, 65,833 people have been vaccinated. 6.2 percent…

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EMA approves two antibody treatments

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has cleared the way for the approval of two new drugs against Covid-19: the antibody therapy Ronapreve from the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche and the drug Regkirona (Regdanvimab) from the manufacturer Celltrion in South Korea. This was announced by the EMA today in Amsterdam. Both drugs are intended for use in early stages of infection and are based on antiviral monoclonal antibodies. The EMA experts had reviewed and assessed all the manufacturers’ data from studies on the efficacy and possible side effects of the drugs.…

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Germany wants to declare Austria a high-risk area

Germany wants to put Austria on the list of high-risk areas again because of the increased infection figures. The Czech Republic and Hungary would also be declared high-risk areas by Berlin, Funke Mediengruppe reported, according to Reuters. The classification is to take effect as early as Sunday. According to the report, vaccinated and recovered people will not have to go into quarantine after returning from these countries, while unvaccinated people will have to go into a ten-day quarantine after returning. The quarantine should end after five days at the earliest…

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