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FFP2 masks free for everyone over 65

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 admin

To protect the elderly population from the corona virus, all persons over 65 years of age are to receive ten free FFP2 protective masks. The Minister of Health is to be authorized to make these masks available, according to an amendment submitted to the APA. The cost of this is estimated at 24 million euros in the turquoise-green amendment, which will be discussed in the Health Committee on Tuesday. The aim of the masks action is to provide the elderly population group, which is in need of special protection, with…

UNO: Pandemic have plunged millions of people into misery

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 admin

Disasters, conflicts, climate change and now the corona virus have plunged millions of people into misery. Famines even threatened, warned UN emergency aid coordinator Mark Lowcock. The UN expects that next year more people will need help and support than ever before: a total of 235 million people, an increase of 40 percent within one year. A year ago the figure was 168 million, the year before 146 million people. Next year, the UN wants to help 160 million people in 56 countries. The others are taken care of by…

Computer animation: How the virus spreads

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 admin

A new Covid-19 simulator makes the aerosol dispersion in offices, classrooms and gondolas visible and calculates where the risk of infection is high.Already towards the end of the first lockdown, Gerald Dipplinger and his team asked themselves the question: “If we are allowed back into the office – an open-plan office in the Vienna DC Tower – how is it determined how many people are allowed in? 30, 50 or 70 percent of the workforce? The answer – 30 percent – came more from the gut and was not very…

Furore over ”Fucking”- ”Stolen” boundary sign costs 2,499 euros

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

The small village Fucking in Upper Austria – world-famous bacause of its name – will get the name Fugging, starting January 2021. The inhabitants and the mayor have finally had enough of the worldwide hype about their village. During the past days, it has been reported that souvenir hunters stole the coveted boundary sign by night. Some thieves were caught red-handed, they even came specially from neighboring Bavaria. Now fucking signs are popping up on the Internet: At a sales exchange, a community sign can be bought for 2,499 euros.…

Croatia’s head of government tested positive

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic is tested positive for the coronavirus today. This was announced by the government spokesman Marko Milic in the evening. “At the moment he feels good. He will carry out his activities and obligations from home and follow all the instructions of doctors and epidemiologists”, the statement said. He is the first EU head of government to be infected with the virus. Plenkovic was in home quarantine since Saturday after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus. A first test at the Prime Minister’s office had…

Pope Francis met cardinals and Pope Emeritus Benedikt XVI

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

According to critics, several corona rules have been broken during the visit of newly appointed cardinals to the emeritus Pope Benedict XVI. Eleven new purple bearers went with Pope Francis to the monastery “Mater ecclesiae” in the Vatican Gardens on Saturday. It has been said that the cardinals, hardly any of whom wear a protective mask, keep little to no distance from each other. The pontiff even kisses the hands of his predecessor as if there was no pandemic at all. Pope Franziskus, who very rarely wears a mask in…

Moderna plans to apply for approval of vaccine in EU

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

The US pharmaceutical company Moderna wants to be the first company to apply for approval of a CoV vaccine in the EU. The application for a conditional approval is to be submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) today, the company now announced. An application for emergency approval in the USA is also to be filed today in parallel, the company said. “We believe that we have a vaccine that is highly effective. We now have the data to prove it,” said Tal Zaks, Chief Medical Officer at Moderna. “We…

2,748 new infections on Monday

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

The lockdown is taking effect: only 2,748 new infections were recorded on Monday. The new infections since the last report are divided among the federal states of Austria as follows: Burgenland: 107 Carinthia: 180 Lower Austria: 619 Upper Austria: 521 Salzburg: 232 Styria: 343 Tyrol: 268 Vorarlberg: 112 Vienna: 366 The number of new coronavirus infections detected in Austria within 24 hours fell below the 3,000 mark for the first time again on Monday with 2,748 cases. At a press conference on the corona app in Vienna, Health Minister Rudolf…

Gastronomy, sports facilities and hotels might remain closed for even longer time

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 admin

Schools and retailers will be allowed to open their doors again in just over a week. The leisure industry will probably have to wait even longer. While across Europe there is fierce debate about a skiing ban, the employment market service continues to do its job unperturbed. It calls on job seekers to apply for open positions in winter tourism. Corresponding initiatives made the round in social networks in the last days. Particularly since waiters for après-ski restaurants are also being sought, which even in the case of an opening…