Category: Austrian News

The newest Vienna city hiking trail 12 is completed.The “Wienerberg City Hiking Trail” with the number 12 is the latest “newcomer” among Vienna’s hiking trails: With a length of 19.9 kilometers, it leads from Favoriten via Liesing to Vösendorf. “We are very pleased to be able to officially present the longest hiking trail by far to the people of Vienna. It is finished and can be explored immediately,” Mayor Michael Ludwig and Climate City Councillor Jürgen Czernohorszky are pleased to announce. Route of the Vienna City Hiking Trail 12The city…

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The Klimaticket Ö allows you from 26 October to use all scheduled services (public and private rail and public transport in a specific area for a year: regional, cross-regional and nationwide. For three euros a day, you can travel throughout Austria for a year on all forms of public transport – that’s the idea behind the climate ticket. The price: Regularly it costs 1095 euros. Until October 31, early bookers get the ticket discounted at 949 euros. Young people and young adults under 26 years of age pay only 821…

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From Thursday to Friday, 1,869 new cases were registered. Compared to the previous week (1,754), this is an increase of 115 cases. The 7-day incidence therefore rises to 143.88. In addition, five new Covid-related deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. The important barometer for further Corona measures is ICU patients. Currently, there are 223 ICU patients. Three new patients have been added in the past 24 hours. In the normal ward, 848 patients are currently being treated, with a decrease of three patients. — source: sozialministerium.at

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The Austria-wide Öffi-Klimaticket will start on October 26, 2021, and now the provinces of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland are also participating. This was announced by Transport Minister Leonore Gewessler in Vienna.Advance sales of the network ticket, previously planned as a 1-2-3 ticket, will start as early as October 1. “The climate ticket is complete”.“The time of waiting has now come to an end – the climate ticket is complete,” Gewessler was pleased to say at the press conference. In mid-August, the head of department had already announced that the…

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Those eligible for the third vaccination can choose between BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. We show how it works. Since September 2, Vienna has been vaccinated for the third time. In line with the recommendation of the National Vaccination Panel, residents of Vienna’s more than 100 nursing homes will receive the third vaccination against Covid-19 during September and October. In the homes, people will be immunized either by employed physicians or by mobile vaccination teams. The National Immunization Panel recommends a third shot starting six months after the second shot for…

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The corona trend in Austria is currently pointing in the right direction – at least that is the current assessment of the Corona Traffic Light Commission for the whole of Austria. The experts are only concerned about Upper Austria, where the six most affected districts are currently located. From Wednesday to Thursday, 2,049 new cases were registered throughout Austria. This is significantly fewer new infections than the day before, but due to the slightly rising numbers of the past seven days, the 7-day incidence overall is also rising slightly again…

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“The studies clearly show: the vaccination works! Corona vaccination is our only way out of the pandemic. I therefore appeal to everyone to pick up their recommended vaccination dose in a timely manner. This also applies explicitly to women and men who wish to have children, as well as to breastfeeding and pregnant women. In order to get through the winter well, we as a society must be well protected against the delta variant. I would like to express my sincere thanks to the colleagues in the federal states who…

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From Tuesday to Wednesday, 2,283 new cases were registered. This brings the 7-day incidence back up slightly – to 138.75. In addition, 12 new Covid-related deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. Currently, there are 19,979 active cases. There were also 151,754 new PCR tests performed in the past 24 hours, with a positive rate of 1.5 percent. As of last week, intensive care patients are an important gauge for further Corona measures. Currently, there are 262 ICU patients, 22 more than the day before. In normal wards, 870…

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From Monday to Tuesday, 1,561 new cases were registered. Compared to the previous week (1,240), this is an increase of 321 cases. The 7-day incidence therefore rises to 135.82. In addition, 10 new Covid-related deaths were reported in the past 24 hours. As of last week, ICU patients are an important gauge for further Corona measures. Currently, there are 240 ICU patients. Six new patients have been added in the past 24 hours. In the normal ward, 892 patients are currently being treated, with an increase of eight patients. New…

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