Category: Austrian News

Vienna’s Covid regulation would have expired on August 23, but it was quietly extended. FFP2 mask requirement in public transport – like other stricter rules – still applies Only in Vienna is there an FFP2 mask obligation in public transport. Vienna continues to enforce stricter covid rules than the rest of Austria beyond the summer. Initially, the Corona ordinance issued at the end of May, which included mandatory FFP2 masks on public transportation, was set to expire on August 23. Quietly, however, this was extended – until October 23, 2022,…

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From Thursday to Friday, 5,188 new infections were registered in Austria. The number is below the 7-day average of 4,941 infections. The 7-day incidence drops to 388.57. This brings the number of active Corona cases to 69,441. In the past 24 hours, only 54,448 new PCR tests were made. This results in a positive rate of 9.53 percent. In addition, there are six new deaths. Thus, 19,390 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died so far across Austria. The hospital is currently treating 1,085 patients, down 41 from Thursday. In intensive…

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The Corona traffic light has been downgraded to low risk. Now it shows yellow-green instead of yellow as in the week before. The risk assessment parameters have also been adjusted again: Now, the focus is on the burden on hospitals, the Corona Commission reported after its shortened meeting. Three provinces are greenThe traffic light is green in the three federal states of Styria, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg, as they were even rated with shallow risk, while Burgenland was given the medium chance of the five-part scale. The risk level is also…

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From Wednesday to Thursday, 5,169 new infections were registered in Austria. The number is above the 7-day average of 5,076 infections. The 7-day incidence drops to 399.17. The number of active Corona cases drops slightly again – to 68,749. Fifty-seven thousand one hundred thirty-three new PCR tests were made in the past 24 hours. This results in a positive rate of 9.05 percent. In addition, there are twelve new deaths. This means 19,384 people have died in connection with SARS-CoV-2 infection throughout Austria. There are currently 1,126 patients being treated…

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According to AK Check, toilet paper and tissues have also become more expensive.According to the current AK inflation check, toilet paper and handkerchiefs have become more expensive. The AK inflation check shows: Inexpensive toilet paper cost almost 25 percent more in June than in June of the previous year, and inexpensive handkerchiefs are now nearly 23 percent more expensive than a year ago. AK inflation check: Alarming figuresThe AK regularly surveys how prices are developing in energy, fuel, food, and housing – and the figures are alarming.The current AK inflation…

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Seventy-four thousand doses of Corona’s Valneva emergency vaccine are scheduled to arrive in Austria on Tuesday, and the vaccines will be distributed to the provinces on Thursday. In Carinthia, the new vaccine will be administered as early as Friday. Styria will follow at the end of August, and the federal capital Vienna on September 1. Several federal states are still waiting for information from the Ministry of Health or for the possibility of ordering the vaccine through the Federal Procurement Agency. Austrian-French company ValnevaThe vaccine VLA2001 is the only whole…

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Fourteen new deaths were reported in association with Covid 19 infection. From Monday to Tuesday, 4,883 new infections were registered in Austria. The number is below the 7-day average of 5,426 infections. The 7-day incidence rises to 426.70. The number of active Corona cases decreases slightly again – to 68,732. Sixty-four thousand nine hundred sixty-four new PCR tests were made in the past 24 hours. That gives a positive rate of 7.52 percent. There are also 14 new deaths. This means 19,357 people have died in connection with a SARS-CoV-2…

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More than 4,700 new Corona infections have occurred in Austria (Aug. 21, 9:30 a.m.). The number of new infections reported for Vienna on Sunday was 1,488. According to a release from the Interior Ministry, Vienna is the only province in Austria above the 1,000 mark in terms of new Corona infections. New corona infections in Austria’s provincesBurgenland: 129Carinthia: 389Lower Austria: 995Upper Austria: 612Salzburg: 192Styria: 591Tyrol: 215Vorarlberg: 124Vienna: 1,488 The number of Covid-19 sufferers requiring hospital beds and inpatient care continues to fall. On Sunday, one hundred sixty people infected with…

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In the last 24 hours, Austria had a total of 5,475 new coronavirus infections. Vienna again reported the most cases on Saturday. On Saturday, 1,188 people infected with the coronavirus were treated as inpatients in Austrian hospitals. Of these, 64 required intensive medical care. The hospital numbers thus continue to decline. The number of covid patients decreased by 25 within one day, and the number of severe cases in intensive care units fell by eight within one week. Daily Corona infections, on the other hand, were 5,475 on Saturday, above…

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