Category: Austrian News

In mid-May, tourism, gastronomy, leisure and culture in Austria will start again. This also means that new travel rules will apply. The Corona traffic lights are not all switched to green yet, but travel will soon be possible again. Gastronomy in Austria had been closed for more than half a year, and this will reopen on May 19, together with tourism, culture and leisure businesses and also hotels and accommodations. Overview of travel rules for AustriaIf you want to go on vacation in Austria you will probably ask yourself what…

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On September 14, there were 382 new infections in Austria. That was the last time there were under 500 new infections in Austria. Until today. Because in the past 24 hours there were 476 new infections in Austria. Compared to Monday of the previous week (820 cases), the number drops again significantly and thus the 7-day incidence also drops to 63.78. In addition, there are six new deaths related to Covid 19 infection. In the past 24 hours, 34,079 new PCR tests were made, bringing the positive rate to 1.4…

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At the start of the opening week, the threshold of three million vaccinated Austrians who have received at least the first sting will be broken. By June, everyone in the country (who wants to receive the vaccine) will be vaccinated, the Chancellor’s Office said. “The starting point for openings is even better than expected. The curve of the Corona infected points steeply downward, the curve of the vaccinated steeply upward,” Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) commented on the current development. Assuming that two thirds of the population is willing to be…

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Within 24 hours, 673 new infections were reported. The new infections are divided among the provinces as follows Burgenland: 8Carinthia: 43Lower Austria: 132Upper Austria: 94Salzburg: 33Styria: 118Tyrol: 58Vorarlberg: 65Vienna: 188 The value is far below the average of the past seven days (911). The seven-day incidence also continues to decline. Number of hospital patients declinesThere were 973 Covid patients in hospital on Saturday (as of 9:30 a.m.), down 19 from Friday, 321 of them in intensive care units. The positive rate of PCR tests reported within 24 hours (54,303 meaningful)…

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The situation is increasingly improving: 644 new Corona infections have been recorded in Austria since Friday. This is far below the average of the past seven days (911). The seven-day incidence was 71.6 cases per 100,000 population. As of Saturday, there are 11,151 active cases in Austria, down 1651 from Friday. There have been 15 deaths since yesterday, according to the Health Ministry (seven-day average: 13.7 daily). Overall, the Covid 19 pandemic has claimed 10,470 lives in Austria since it broke out. Per 100,000 population, 117.6 people have died with…

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Corona numbers in Austria continue to fall after yesterday’s holiday. On Friday, only 887 positive tests were reported. There were 211 new infections in Vienna, and five provinces even had only double-digit infection numbers. It is well known that corona numbers are always somewhat lower after weekends and holidays. In the last 24 hours, only 887 positive Corona tests were counted in Austria – so the trend continues to point downwards. For the first time in six months, there were also under 1,000 hospitalized. Corona figures in the provincesBurgenland: 17Carinthia:…

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Starting 19 May 2021 the “new freedom” in Austria will be introduced. Throat swab, lollipop, “nose picker” and more: the variety of corona tests is now large, but not all of them are allowed as an admission ticket to various places like in restaurants, cinemas, hair saloons etc. Access tests are something we’re already used to. The biggest news may well be that antigen self-tests that have been recorded by the authorities and entered into a data processing system will also open doors for you in the future – or…

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Within 24 hours, 933 new infections were reported in Austria. Last Thursday, there were still 1,245. In Austria, 933 new Corona infections were registered within one day – bringing the number of new cases into triple digits for the third time this week and below the average of the past seven days (1,058). The seven-day incidence dropped to 83.2 cases per 100,000 population. As of 9:30 a.m. Thursday, there were 13,195 active cases in the country, down 671 from yesterday (Wednesday). Recovered since the outbreak of the epidemic are 611,254…

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According to the electronic vaccination record, more than one million people in Austria are fully immunized against coronavirus. Exactly 1,001,839 people either received both stings or were given Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, which requires only one vaccination, as of Tuesday, 11 May 2021. Thus, 11.3 percent of the population has full vaccination protection. 2,749,793 people have been given at least one dose, representing 30.9 percent of the population. The majority of fully immunized people received two doses of Biontech/Pfizer, totaling 833,509 people. 118,352 vaccinees received two doses of Moderna. 42,615…

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