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Entry restrictions to be eased: travel remains complicated

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As of May 19, entry restrictions for many EU countries will also be eased. Nevertheless: traveling remains complicated. Starting May 19, 2021 Austria will relax entry restrictions for many EU countries. This will make it easier for foreign guests to come to Austria, but it will also be easier for Austrians to travel due to the elimination of the quarantine requirement when returning from most EU countries. However, many countries continue to have entry restrictions of varying severity for Austrians. Travel thus remains rather complicated for the time being. Entry…

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Greece opens beaches today

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The Greek government has presented the coronavirus roadmap for the next few weeks and the start of tourism on May 15. Already from today, beach bars and managed beaches are allowed to open with their beach chairs. From Monday, all schools open. Then on May 14 museums are to be accessible again, on May 21 the open-air cinemas and from May 28 the country’s amphitheaters. On Monday, outdoor restaurants had already reopened for the first time in a good six months. These were cautious but urgently needed opening steps, said…

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WHO: Other countries face same crisis as India

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning of the risk of further devastating coronavirus outbreaks along the lines of India. Several other countries lacked the proper precautions, WHO Emergency Relief Coordinator Mike Ryan said yesterday in Geneva. “This virus has tremendous kinetic energy,” Ryan said. “It has massive infectious power, and we need to slow its spread.” In some countries, the situation is already developing similarly to India, Ryan said, without naming names. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus later cited the tense situation in Brazil and Nepal. Other countries could…

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1,333 new corona infections in Austria on Friday

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There were 1,333 new Corona infections registered across Austria on Friday. There was also a significant decrease in the number of hospital patients. Within 24 hours, 1,333 new corona virus infections had been added across Austria by Friday morning. This is less than the seven-day average of 1,421 cases, and the weekly incidence per 100,000 population thus dropped from around 121 the previous day to a value of 112. The number of hospitalized people has also dropped just as significantly by 86 affected people since Thursday. The 1,394 hospitalized patients…

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WHO gives emergency approval for Chinese vaccine from Sinopharm

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Sinopharm is the first Chinese company to receive emergency approval from the World Health Organization (WHO) for its Corona vaccine. The decision was announced by WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva on Friday. This will allow UN agencies to purchase and distribute the drug. China has already pledged ten million doses in February to the UN’s Covax international vaccination program, on which many poorer countries rely. The independent advisory group SAGE has released the vaccine for people over 18, Tedros said. Two doses are needed for full vaccine protection,…

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Is it necessary to post vaccination selfies (or vaccination card) on social media ?

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The vaccination campaign is gaining momentum. More and more vaccinated people are proudly sharing selfies and proof of vaccination card and letting the world know they got their first (or second) shot. What’s the point? No travel opportunities, excursions, parties or restaurant visit. Because of the pandemic, there are hardly any opportunities left to take pictures of yourself in front of spectacular scenery or among hip people and proudly post the result on social networks. But in the meantime, unfortunately, there is a remedy: Vaccination selfies. More and more often,…

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18,485 new infections, seven-day incidence drops to 125.7

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The incidence of infection in Germany continues to level off: both the number of new coronavirus infections and the 7-day incidence are significantly below the values of the previous week. The reproductive number is increasing slightly, but remains well below 1.0. Health departments in Germany reported 18,485 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. This is according to figures released by the RKI on Friday morning, which reflect the status of the RKI dashboard as of 05:10. By comparison, the figure a week ago Friday…

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The current Corona infection situation in Vienna

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According to the medical crisis team of the city of Vienna, 124,000 Corona test results were registered on Wednesday, 5 May. Of these, 64,852 were PCR tests – much of which came via “Alles gurgelt” – and 59,148 were rapid antigen tests. As for infection activity in general in the city, 301 positive test findings were reportedon Wednesday, a crisis team release said. Subtracting data adjustments from previous days, there are 219 new cases. In total, 135,522 positive confirmed tests and 2,234 deaths due to or from the effects of…

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Weather in Austria: Temperatures will again reach an early summer level with 20 to 31 degrees

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Today, Friday, changeable weather is again on the agenda. Early in the morning, clouds will dominate and there will be some rain, in the course of the day, showers will move through again with a cold front from the west, south of the main ridge of the Alps it may also become thundery before the cold front. Towards evening, it will gradually loosen up on the northern side of the Alps. With strong, on the northern side of the Alps partly stormy westerly to northwesterly winds, a maximum of 8…

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