Category: Austrian News

Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) presented a new Corona regulation on Friday. Until mid-January 2023, the measures remain. Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) presented a new Corona regulation Friday before the current Corona rules expire on October 23. Essentially, the government’s measures to fight the virus, as they currently stand, will remain in place until Jan. 15, 2023. The FFP2 mask obligation in hospitals, older adults, and nursing homes, as well as medical practices, thus remains further valid; for interior areas, the mask is only recommended. However, there is one…

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The COVID-19 basic measures regulation, which expires on Oct. 23, is to be extended “essentially” unchanged for three months, the Health Ministry announced Wednesday. This means that the FFP2 mask requirement will remain as before in hospitals, nursing homes, and medical practices. Still, Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) renewed the general mask recommendation for indoor areas. Due to the decreasing number of new infections since last week and a declining viral load in wastewater monitoring, there is no need for additional measures for the time being, according to the health…

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It was initially announced for spring 2021, then for spring this year: since yesterday, the app needed for the “digital driver’s license” is available, as Interior Minister Gerhard Karner and State Secretary for Digitalization Florian Tursky (both ÖVP) announced after the Council of Ministers. With it, you can download the driving permit to your cell phone and show it digitally during inspections. However, the “digital driver’s license” is not a replacement for the existing documents but a supplement so that the original document does not have to be carried. The…

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It was reported Wednesday that 13,048 new Corona infections were registered across Austria on Tuesday. This is above the average for the previous seven days (11,027). The seven-day incidence was 855 cases per 100,000 population. There are now 115,350 laboratory-confirmed active cases in Austria, up 1,374 from the previous day. Corona new infections and hospitalizations decline.On Wednesday, 2,468 infected people needed hospital treatment across Austria, down by 58 from Tuesday. Within a week, there was a decrease of 125 hospital patients. Four more seriously ill patients in intensive care units…

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On Tuesday, 8,970 new coronavirus infections were reported across Austria, well below last week’s average. A week ago, 11,709 new cases were added daily. The seven-day incidence dropped to 907.9 per 100,000 population on Monday from 956.6. The number of people infected with coronavirus in hospitals remains high. On Tuesday, 2,526 patients who tested positive were in hospitals. Number of new corona infections decreasesThat was three fewer than the previous day and 22 fewer than a week ago. Intensive care units continue to treat 120 critically ill patients. In one…

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Hundreds of thousands of citizens have not yet received their climate bonus. The complaints are piling up; the climate protection ministry is looking into the reasons. The account transfers of the climate bonus have been completed. However, hundreds of thousands have not yet received it. In the coming days, around 350,000 vouchers will still be delivered. Meanwhile, the inquiries of numerous reader reporters, who report problems with the payment of the bonuses, accumulate. At the service hotline, an employee is said to have explained to a Croatian resident in Vienna…

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The new week starts with 6,297 new Corona infections and two virus deaths in just 24 hours. New week, new Corona scare: according to “Heute” info, there are 6,297 new Corona infections and two deaths related to the Coronavirus in the latest 24 hours on Monday. In comparison, 8,700 new Corona infections were reported in Austria last Monday. Thus, fewer cases have been written today than in the previous week. And this is how the development looks in the domestic hospitals: In regular wards, 2,409 people currently have to be…

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The current Corona wave has probably passed its peak, and the number of cases is declining again. For Saturday, 8,667 new infections were reported, compared to 11,230 a week ago. Seven-day incidence continued to decrease, returning to triple digits at 978.7 cases per 100,000 population. The AGES published updated hospital figures on Sunday, according to which six fewer infected persons had to be hospitalized than on Saturday. But 2,536 people who tested positive are still in local hospitals – up by 338 from a week ago. One hundred twenty people…

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The Corona wave in Austria is likely to be further on the retreat: For Thursday, the AGES reported 12,459 new infections; a week ago, it had been 15,099 on the same day. As of Friday morning, 2,538 people were hospitalized, twelve fewer than the previous day. However, there were 17 deaths. The seven-day incidence was 1,029 cases per 100,000 population. As of Thursday, there were thus 141,744 active cases in Austria, 4,202 more than the day before. Within the past 24 hours, 8,278 were considered recovered on Thursday. As of…

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