Category: Austrian News

The mask requirement in Vienna’s public transport and pharmacies will fall at the end of February, Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig announced in a press conference on Wednesday after consultations with experts from the Corona crisis team. It is responsible that the “special arrangements in the city of Vienna will not be extended,” said Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) on Wednesday. Vienna’s special way to Corona measures ends at the end of FebruaryThus ends, by the end of February, the mask obligation in public means of transport and pharmacies. The PCR…

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With February ending the current regulation, the mask obligation in Öffis falls with it. All questions at a glance. On February 8, 2023, the Mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig, discussed with his circle the further steps regarding the end of the measures to fight the Corona pandemic. The Covid Basic Measures Accompanying Ordinance will expire at the end of the month. We have summarized the most frequently asked questions about the Corona mask obligation. When does the mask obligation end in Vienna?The end of the mask obligation in Vienna was…

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Today, Wednesday, the City of Vienna is discussing how to proceed in the fight against the coronavirus. At noon, the Covid experts around Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) will meet in Vienna’s City Hall. At the top of the agenda is the future of compulsory masks. Only recently, the federal government presented its roadmap for the end of the measures. According to the roadmap, masks will be mandatory until April 30 in nursing homes, hospitals and doctors’ offices throughout Austria. Masks in public transport, tests in hospitalsIn Vienna, however, the mask…

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After the severe weather week, it has become calmer. But the clear sky brings the extreme cold. In a community in Lower Austria, -24.7 degrees were measured. At the start of the semester break in Vienna and Lower Austria, the country experienced a proper cold shock. The widespread frosty temperatures continued the night to Tuesday. Until the morning hours, no measuring station recorded plus degrees. The current weather data of the UWZ show this. The municipality Schwarzau im Freiwald in the Lower Austrian Waldviertel reached the absolute top for the…

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And again, a new scam: a supposed mail from the post office is about alleged shipping costs. The police are alarmed. Importance: high and insistent subject: “You still have to pay shipping costs.” The message that lands in mailboxes these days does not miss its mark. The mail itself is adorned with the Post logo. The text says that a shipment is being processed. To receive it, you still have to pay the package costs. It goes on to say, “Click the button below now to complete your payment. Only…

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For the past two weeks, Corona numbers have been rising again. The growth is driven by the Omicron variant XBB.1.5 among a certain age group. “XBB.1.5 is the dominant line in Austria with 26 percent,” molecular biologist Ulrich Elling noted on Twitter. This means that the highly contagious super-variant has once again gained ground but is not alone in driving the current infection incidence in Austria: The related line CH.1.1 is also currently causing more infections, explains the researcher from the Austrian Academy of Sciences. New infections already climbed back…

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According to Geosphere Austria, the coming week should bring sunny and cold winter weather. On Monday, some widespread cloud fields will move through from the northeast, and the sun will not appear more often until the afternoon. However, it will remain precipitation-free in most regions, only in the far west; some snowflakes could appear again towards evening and in the night to Tuesday. Daytime highs are minus four to plus four degrees. Sunny, wintry and cold weather in the new weekTuesday will be a calm and sunny winter day. Only…

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With the end of June, all Corona special provisions will fall – including the mask obligation in vulnerable settings. Whether this is good? The government has presented the roadmap for the end of the Corona measures. In the Austrian Parliament on Wednesday, the path back to “normality” was set: April 30 marks the end of mandatory FFP2 masks in hospitals, nursing homes and other vulnerable areas. Many of the patients belong to the risk group. It is unclear whether there will be a separate regulation to protect them. One thing…

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The government’s announcement to phase out all Corona measures by the end of June is understandable for virologist Andreas Bergthaler – even if questions about protecting vulnerable groups and Long Covid have not yet been sufficiently resolved. The announcement that monitoring will nevertheless be continued is positive. “In the case of PCR samples, Austria will carry out at least 1,500 whole-genome sequencings per week in the future, thus fulfilling the recommendation of the European authorities,” the health ministry said Wednesday. “That would be a lot and also internationally herzeigbar,” the…

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