Category: Austrian News

Starting today, Tuesday, the FFP2 mask requirement also applies outdoors – and when the 2-meter distance cannot be maintained. The police will increasingly control heavily frequented places from now on.▶Pedestrian zones: for example the Kärntner or Mariahilfer Straße with the popular meeting place MuseumsQuartier.▶Favoriten: especially Favoritenstraße as well as Reumannplatz are busy places.▶Stops: Floridsdorf, Schottenring, Westbahnhof, Karlsplatz – if there are many people around, the mask is mandatory!▶Markets: at the Brunnen- as well as Naschmarkt it is narrow between the stalls, the 2-meter distance is not always possible.▶Waiting lines: for…

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City Health Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) expects a doubling of new infections in Vienna “in the next one or two days,” he told ORF’s “Wien heute” program in an interview. “We can expect to see a doubling in the next few days. That’s what I’m counting on. I would be surprised if it’s less,” Hacker said in an interview with ORF Vienna editor-in-chief Oliver Ortner. The reason for this, he said, is the sharp increase in the number of tests due to the return of children to schools or because…

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The number of new daily infections was usually lower at the beginning of the week. Today, ministries report 10,804 new cases, a very high figure for a Monday. More than 10,000 new infections on a Monday have only occurred on Nov. 15 and Nov. 22 of last year. The average for the past seven days thus climbs to 8771. The Austria-wide seven-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants rises to 687.3. Hospitals are now treating 24 more corona patients. A total of 935 people suffering from Covid-19 are hospitalized throughout Austria, 264…

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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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