Category: Austrian News

Vienna saw a huge rush for the city’s testing facilities on Sunday. In view of the Omicron variant, these are to be expanded further in the near future. The Christmas vacations are over, and tomorrow it’s back to work or school. In Vienna, the testing facilities were therefore literally stormed on Sunday, as reported by ORF. Vienna wants to expand PCR testing servicesIn order to prepare for Omicron and the increasing numbers of infections, the city of Vienna wants to expand its testing capacities. First, this is to be done…

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Significant increase over the weekend: For the first time since December 1, more than 10,000 new infections were registered by the authorities in Austria within 24 hours. Specifically, 10,291 new cases were reported on Sunday, more than ever before on a Sunday. However, the past few days also saw more testing than any previous weekend. 418,952 were on Friday, 390,102 on Saturday. The explanation for this could also lie in tomorrow’s start of school, for which students are called upon to present a valid PCR test. However, this regulation is…

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The new quarantine rules went into effect Saturday. Triple-vaccinated people who had contact with infected person with Corona will no longer have to be quarantined. On Saturday, 7,400 new CoV infections were again reported. Chancellor Karl Nehammer has also contracted the virus, but shows no symptoms. Meanwhile, the relaxations in the quarantine rules also come into force. Beginning on Saturday, 8 January 2022, the relaxations in the quarantine measures come into force. To prevent too many contacts from being quarantined at the same time, the government has relaxed the rules.…

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14 new deaths related to Covid-19. 271 Covid patients in intensive care units. 7,405 new infections were officially registered on Saturday. That’s fewer than the day before, but still well above the previous seven-day average of 6,700. The number of active cases is up to 62,211, and the 7-day incidence is back above 500, specifically 526.94. There were also 50 percent more tests in the past 24 hours than the previous day. 418,942 PCR tests were performed, bringing the positive rate to 1.77 percent. There are also seven 14 deaths…

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Seven new deaths linked to Covid-19. 278 intensive care patients currently. After the federal government announced some new rules on yesterday’s holiday, there are 8,786 new infections from Thursday to Friday. This is well above the average of 6,158 over the past seven days, with the number of active cases rising to 57,298. The 7-day incidence is 484.28. In the past 24 hours, there have been 291,374 PCR tests which is a positive rate of 3.02. There are also seven new deaths associated with Covid-19 infection to report. Thus, the…

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On Thursday, the new measures against the Omicron variant were announced. The quarantine will be shortened to five days, after which PCR test is possible. FFP2 masks are mandatory outdoors, unless clearances can be maintained. In addition, the validity of the green passport will be shortened. The crisis summit of the federal government with representatives of the states and experts of the “all-state Covid crisis coordination” (Gecko) has brought new measures on Epiphany. In future, FFP2 masks will be compulsory outdoors if the distance falls below two meters, and the…

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While FFP2 mask rules are tightened significantly, in many cases, contact persons of infected persons no longer have to stay at home. 8853 new corona cases were reported Thursday, plus the first death attributed to the Omicron variant. “The virus,” Chancellor Karl Nehammer put it at a press conference of government and experts, “knows no holidays.” And so Epiphany also brought a series of new Corona measures for Austria. Some of them are softenings of previous rules, especially when it comes to quarantine. But with the extension of the mask…

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8,853 Corona infections were reported in Austria on Thursday. Although this was slightly fewer than the day before – when the number of new cases had jumped dramatically from around 5,500 to 9,761 within 24 hours – the figure is once again well above the average for the previous seven days (5,421). The seven-day incidence on Thursday was now also already 424.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, after 361.8 on Wednesday. As of Thursday, there are 51,364 active cases in Austria, 6,374 more than the day before. Since the start of…

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Due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, the Corona traffic light switched mostly to red in Austria on Wednesday. Up to 17,000 infections feared next week 9,761 new Corona infectionsThe Corona Commission on Wednesday rated the provinces of Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Vienna as “very high risk.” Burgenland, Carinthia and Styria were rated “high risk.” Corona traffic light predominantly switches to red in AustriaThe decisive factor for the rating is the risk number, which takes into account not only new infections but also the age of…

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