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Is safe travel possible at Christmas?

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Christmas is saved – theoretically. After the announcement of the Federal Government to loosen the Corona restrictions over Christmas and New Year’s Eve in almost all Federal States, meetings “in the closest family or friend” up to ten people are possible. Before the big meeting on Christmas Eve it would be advisable to avoid all contacts as far as possible, which makes especially the journey to the family the biggest challenge. Travel by train ÖBB has announced that it will double the number of mask checks on trains, with “security…

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WHO specifies rules: guidance on the correct use of masks

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Although one has already become accustomed to the use of mask, however, again and again uncertainties arise when wearing it. The World Health Organization has now specified the rules and takes a clear position in a new recommendation.Should you tie your mask in your wrist and also wear a mask in your own home? The World Health Organization (WHO) now provides answers to these questions in a rule paper dated December 1. Most recently, the WHO issued recommendations in June on the compulsory use of masks. Mask on wrist hygienically…

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Austrians see increasing fear and loneliness

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In an online survey by Makam Research GmbH among 622 Austrians aged 20 and older, eight out of ten respondents saw increasing fear in the population and loneliness among the people. Three quarters feared the increase in mental illness. Three out of four identified a rising tendency for the state to control people through Corona, 73 percent felt themselves and their fellow men increasingly restricted in their own freedom. “Every second person recognizes a rising egoism of the people as an accompanying effect of Corona,” said a broadcast by Makam.…

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Wiener Eistraum starts on 24 December at the Rathausplatz

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Although the Christmas market on Rathausplatz has been cancelled, the Ice Dream is taking place, and even earlier than planned. Not only in January, but already on Christmas Eve, December 24, the ice skating pleasure will open, the organizer Stadt Wien Marketing announced on Thursday. Details of the security concept will soon be communicated, it was said. In any case, preparations are already well underway: the huts already erected at the Christmas Market will have to be dismantled to make room for the ice dream. Then the opening on December…

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From 7 December 2020 public services in churches will be possible again

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From Monday, December 7, public services will also be possible again: this was agreed upon by the churches and religious communities on Thursday in a new agreement with the Ministry of Education. According to this agreement, a minimum distance of 1.5 meters must be maintained during church services, during which a mouth and nose protector must be worn. Parish and choir singing will remain suspended until further notice. “Religious celebrations that can be postponed are also postponed”, for example weddings. On Thursday morning, the Catholic bishops discussed the key points…

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Philippines: Boxer Pacquaio is head of ruling party

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Philippine boxing world champion Manny Pacquiao has been appointed the new leader of the ruling party PDP-Laban by President Rodrigo Duterte. The 41-year-old, who became world champion in eight weight categories and thus set a record that is still unbeaten today, was sworn in yesterday evening (local time), the party announced today. Pacquiao took office about one and a half years before the next presidential election in the Southeast Asian country. Pacquiao is a popular hero in the Philippines. In addition to his boxing successes, he went into politics in…

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Italy severely restricts travel over Christmas

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In the fight against the coronavirus, Italy severely restricts freedom of movement over Christmas and into the New Year. This was decided by the cabinet of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in the night to today. With the tightened travel restrictions, Rome wants to prevent a renewed increase in the number of infections. The approximately 60 million Italians are to be prevented from setting off in large numbers for Christmas vacation or visiting distant relatives. Specifically, the cabinet decided to ban travel between the various Italian regions as of December 21.…

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Snow fall in all parts of Austria

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All provincial capitals were covered in snow on Thursday, as reported by the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). The last time this happened was on January 24, 2019, and the fact that it was already white in all provincial capitals in the first half of December is already eight years ago: 2012 from December 10 to 13. In Vienna last winter it was white for a short time only on 19 January and 12 February 2020. In 2018 there was already a thin blanket of snow in the…

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Again almost 4,000 new infections in Austria

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On Thursday, almost 4,000 new infections were again reported in Austria. Since Wednesday, 3,969 new cases were added – on average, 3,913 new infections were recorded daily during the past week. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) said in a statement that intensive care units are still heavily overloaded and the number of deaths is too high. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,538 people have died as a result of Covid 19 infection. In the past 24 hours, 92 coronavirus deaths were reported, according to figures from the Ministry of…

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