Category: Austrian News

From yesterday to today, 40 new deaths related to Covid-19 were registered in Austria. It’s been ten days since largely all Corona protections fell in Austria. Since then, the number of cases has been rising rapidly. Yesterday, for example, 34,220 cases were recorded, the highest Monday figure since the pandemic began more than two years ago. The days before, unprecedented highs were recorded with almost 50,000 new cases on three consecutive days. From Monday to Tuesday, 37,125 new infections were registered in Austria. This represents the highest ever on a…

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On Monday, Vienna-based Lifebrain, a central laboratory, notified 1,200 employees to resign. The company announced in a statement. The company is analyzing samples as part of Vienna’s Corona PCR testing program “Everything Gargles,” which is paid for by the federal government with taxpayers’ money. As the future of the tests is open, the company is notifying employees of their dismissal “in the sense of an early warning system,” it said. PCR test: Can an expired gargle test still be used? Lifebrain examines Vienna samples at the former Otto Wagner Hospital…

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The expert commission on compulsory vaccination assumes that a new and possibly massive corona wave can “very probably” be expected in autumn. Compulsory vaccination in Austria will be suspended If one is not adequately prepared for this, there could again be drastic Corona measures up to and including lockdowns. However, an immediate vaccination obligation is “not necessary” or “not appropriate. “A postponement would have the advantage that the measure could no longer be necessary. Corona wave expected in autumn: Lockdowns also possible According to the experts, their current implementation would…

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Fourteen deaths related to Covid-19 were registered in Austria from yesterday to today. Last Saturday, March 5, Corona measures were lifted mainly in Austria. These opening steps act as an “infection accelerator”; within a week, new cases increased by nearly 30 percent within 24 hours. Last week, the number of new infections scratched the 50,000 mark three times – absolute highs in the pandemic so far. Also, on Saturday, more than 34,000 new cases were reported, more infections than ever before. From Sunday to Monday, 34,220 new infections were registered…

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Many Viennese had positive test results at the weekend. Almost 7,300 new cases were registered on Sunday. Three people died. There are over 38,000 new infections throughout Austria. Since the pandemic’s beginning, 648,619 positive tests have already been confirmed in Vienna. Five hundred fifty-five thousand six hundred eighty-six people have already recovered. So far, there have been 3,130 deaths connected to a Corona infection. Most recently, three Viennese died from the insidious virus. Vienna in second place Thus, according to MA15, there are currently 89,803 active cases of people infected…

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From yesterday to today, 38,060 new infections related to Covid-19 were registered in Austria. 38,060 Corona infections were reported in Austria by the health and interior ministries on Sunday, a week after the “opening,” with most measures essentially removed except in Vienna. In addition, active 384,363 cases were reported, 11,049 more than the day before. So far, there have been 3,153,927 positive test results in Austria. As of today (13 March, 9:30 am), 15,207 people have died, and 2,754,357 have recovered from the effects of the Coronavirus across Austria. In…

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At the beginning of the week, the influence of high pressure will slowly weaken. On Tuesday, the north will come under a marginal low-pressure system developing over Central Europe; it continues according to “uwz. at“. The sun will shine widely on Sunday, and the sky will often be cloudless. During the day, only a few harmless clouds will appear in the atmosphere in the far west. The wind will blow briskly to enormously from the southeast in the northeast, especially in the Tullnerfeld there will be gusts. In the Alps,…

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From yesterday to today, 17 new deaths linked to Covid-19 were registered in Austria. 44,465 Corona infections were reported in Austria on Saturday, a week after the “opening day,” with most measures largely gone except in Vienna. With this record value for this day of the week, the seven-day average thus increased to 39,510, the seven-day incidence to 3,079.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and is therefore again above 3,000. The opening steps acted as an “infection accelerator”; last Saturday, 31,289 new infections and 289,414 active cases were counted, now 373,314,…

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From yesterday to today, 27 new deaths related to Covid-19 were registered in Austria. Corona numbers are climbing to unprecedented highs: almost 50,000 new infections were registered from Wednesday to Thursday – the day before, it was nearly 48,000. The traffic light commission reacts by again putting all federal states at the highest risk. Also, the reintroduction of appropriate protective measures is demanded without making concrete proposals. Epidemiologist Eva Schernhammer warned that the healthcare system would very well be pushed to its breaking point with such high infection rates. So…

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