Category: Austrian News

In Vienna, it is not ruled out that the far-reaching relaxations of the Corona measures announced by the federal government in the federal capital may be implemented only in a limited form. Relaxations from July 1 in detailA spokesman for Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) confirmed corresponding media reports to the APA on Saturday. One will look closely at the still outstanding ordinance and check whether one tightens here, it said. Relaxations in July not agreed with other federal statesThe more contagious delta variant is causing concern in City Hall, with…

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Good news this weekend in Austria: the “Green Passport” is here! The first retrievable vaccination certificates have already been created. “Heute” reported on Saturday that the Ministry of Health is planning the next expansion stage for the “Green Passport” in Austria for next week. In addition to certificates of Corona tests and recovery from infection, it will then be possible to create and retrieve vaccination certificates with EU-compliant QR codes via the site www.gesundheit.gv.at. According to the Ministry of Health, the changeover is underway and apparently the first vaccination certificates…

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The 136 new infections reported on Saturday are below the average of 151 over the past seven days.The seven-day incidence dropped to 11.9 cases per 100,000 population, the health and interior ministries said. Currently, there are still 2,880 active cases in Austria, down 208 from Friday. Recovered since the outbreak of the epidemic are 635,886 people, within the past 24 hours 342 are considered recovered. Two deaths have occurred since Friday, with a seven-day average of 3.3 daily. In total, the pandemic has claimed 10,679 lives. Per 100,000 population, 120…

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108,017 more vaccinations have been carried out on Thursday. Austria-wide, there were more than 500,000 vaccinations within the past week. In total, according to the E-vaccination data, 4,372,190 have already received at least a partial vaccination, 49.1 percent of the population, 2,375,827 or 26.7 percent of Austrians are already fully immunized, last Friday it was for the first time over 25 percent. The vaccination coverage rate is highest in Lower Austria with 54.1 percent. In Burgenland, 53.8 percent of the population is vaccinated, and in Tyrol, 49.6 percent. After Salzburg…

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128 new corona infections were reported for all of Austria on Friday, which is not only lower than the seven-day average of 160, but also nearly halved compared to the previous week. The seven-day incidence was 12.6 cases per 100,000 population. The positive rate of PCR tests was just 0.2 percent, with nearly 90 percent of the just over 77,000 tests performed in Vienna. This could be related to the “Alles Gurgelt” campaign, which makes free PCR tests readily available to Viennese. As of Friday, there are still 3,088 active…

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While the federal government announces more and more opening steps, there is great uncertainty among the population regarding the mask obligation. Since June 10, Austria breathes again – completely without a mask. However, not really completely: because the mask obligation was not lifted everywhere and certainly not for everyone. Guests of pubs and restaurants – insofar as they are outdoors – are allowed to remove their mouth/nose protection, but not the operators and employees. Even those who go to the toilet, which in most cases is located within the four…

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Now it’s fixed: Vienna will get an area-wide and uniform parking system for all 23 districts. From March 1, 2022, Vienna will have a uniform parking system for the entire city. This was announced on Thursday morning by the responsible city councilor Ulrike Sima (SPÖ) at a press conference. From then on, parking stickers and short-term parking zones will apply in all 23 districts. Thus the Parkpickerl will be extended to the districts 13, 21, 22 and 23, in Simmering it will be extended to the whole district. From this…

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Oswald Wagner, Vice Rector of the Medical University of Vienna, confirmed on behalf of the experts consulted that the opening steps in Austria”are absolutely justifiable”. Nevertheless, one should not become overconfident: “We still have to remain a bit cautious,” especially since the delta variant of the coronavirus is also on the rise in Austria. “It will also spread in our country.” But the good news, he said, is that the vaccination also works against this mutation. Kurz did not want to let the relaxation take over, even when asked: “As…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) announced on Thursday the next opening steps starting July 1. Activities in public: clubs, culture and gastronomy will soon be able to open and take place again largely without restrictions – only the three-G rule remains. The mask requirement also falls almost everywhere. “It’s wonderful that we can finally get back to normal,” Kurz said. The relaxations in detail:The 24-hour curfew in restaurants will be abolished – allowing clubs to open. The occupancy rate is still limited to 75 percent until July 22. In addition, masks…

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