Category: Austrian News

Since Holy Saturday, the new expiration dates are in the app: new rules apply to the Green Pass. This now applies to vaccinated, recovered, and boostered.Since Holy Saturday, the new Corona rules apply: Among them, in addition to a large-scale phase-out of mandatory masks and 3Gs, are changes to the Green Pass, the Europe-wide Corona ID card. The validity differences of the Green Passport at a glanceThe government has now extended the validity, but only after primary immunization has been completed (three vaccinations). The Green Pass is now valid for…

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On Holy Saturday, below 10,000 new Corona infections were again reported in Austria. Specifically, there were 8,996 new infections with the coronavirus. Eight thousand nine hundred ninety-six new infections with the coronavirus and 17 deaths from or with covid-19 have been registered in the past 24 hours. The number of infections is below the previous seven-day average of 9,866, according to Health and Interior Ministry figures (as of 9:30 a.m. Saturday). Meanwhile, the seven-day incidence declined and stood at 769 per 100,000 population on Saturday. The number of hospital patients…

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Good Friday marked the third time this week that the number of new infections was below 10,000. Specifically, 9,790 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the previous 7-day average of 10,367 conditions. The 7-day incidence is currently 815.26. Currently, 146,933 people are actively infected. In the past 24 hours, 119,593 PCR tests have been performed. This results in a positive rate of 8.19 percent. In addition, 31 people have died in connection with the Covid-19 infection. Thus, the pandemic has claimed 16,390 lives so far. source: sozialministerium.at

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Corona numbers in Austria continue to decline. On Thursday, the day the new measures were announced, 10,483 new cases were reported. Corona numbers in Austria have been dropping significantly for weeks. After 8,033 new corona infections on Monday and 8,651 new cases on Tuesday, Wednesday also decreased substantially with 12,471 new conditions. On Thursday, however, the numbers took some time to come in. An update came late afternoon: 10,483 new infections were now recorded throughout Austria. The new infections in the federal states Burgenland 417 Carinthia 551 Lower Austria 2,496…

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On Thursday, Health Minister Johannes Rauch announced Corona relaxations on mandatory masks and events. At the same time, the Green Pass’s validity for triple-vaccinated people was also extended to twelve months. “Those triple-vaccinated can go on vacation without worries!” declared Rauch during a press conference. The extension of validity had become necessary because tens of thousands of green passports would have expired shortly. For the time being, no fourth Covid vaccination is recommended. After the second sting, one is now considered vaccinated for 180 days; this is also regulated during…

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At a press conference on Thursday, City Health Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) announced an end to 2G rules in Vienna’s gastronomy sector at midnight on Friday. Mask obligation falls from 16 AprilVienna carries the new Corona rules of the federal government this time. Thus, the G-regulations in gastronomy day and night also fall in the federal capital. In Vienna’s vaccination streets, high-risk patients will be vaccinated four months after their third sting and all others six months after that. Corona measures: G-rules also fall in Vienna on SaturdayRegarding Corona rules,…

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FFP2 masks obligation only in public transport, no longer in trade. The third prick is valid for 12 months. The 3-G rule is mandatory in hospitals Two days before the current Corona rules expire – the regulation expires on April 16 – Johannes Rauch, the health minister responsible, presented the measures that will apply throughout Austria starting on Holy Saturday. According to the Ministry of Health, the FFP2 mask requirement will continue to apply: in all means of public transport and the associated stops in customer areas of vital trade…

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In a 24-hour comparison, 12,471 new coronavirus infections were reported in Austria on Wednesday (4/13/2022, 9:30 AM). The highest number of new cases occurred in Vienna. Austria added 12,471 corona infections in 24 hours. More than 12,000 new corona infections were reported on WednesdayOn a Wednesday, this is above the average of 11,837 positive tests over the past seven days but well below the 21,076 new cases reported last Wednesday. Higher than the weekly average is the number of Corona deaths, with 38 in one day. Hospital occupancy of infected…

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The fourth Corona wave is ebbing, and after 8,033 new infections on Monday, there are 8,651 new infections in Austria from yesterday to today. This is below the past 7-day average of 13,066 conditions. The 7-day incidence is currently 1,027.55. One hundred sixty-eight thousand five hundred forty-five people are presently actively infected. This means that over four million positive tests, exactly 4,004,069 tests, have been registered since the beginning of the pandemic.In the past 24 hours, 122,680 PCR tests have been performed. That gives a positive rate of 7.05 percent.…

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