Category: Austrian News

As of 9:30 a.m. Thursday, 179 new coronavirus infections have been recorded – down from 283 last week. Three more deaths have been reported. The relaxation in the hospitals also continues: seven patients could leave the normal wards since yesterday, five seriously ill an intensive care unit. So far, there have been 649,181 positive test results in Austria. As of 9:30 a.m., 10,674 people across Austria had died as a result of coronavirus, and 635,192 have recovered. Currently, 268 people are undergoing hospital treatment, 87 of whom are being cared…

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Protective measures to contain the coronavirus are being rolled back in Austria. As announced by the federal government on Thursday, night gastronomy can reopen in compliance with the “3-G rule”. Mask rules for commerce and gastronomy will also be relaxed. After long months of the Corona lockdown, almost normal everyday life is slowly returning. This is made possible by the good development of infection figures in the country, as well as the increasing progress of the vaccination campaign. With the beginning of July, almost all the restrictions that were still…

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The government announced new relaxations from July 1 and announces further opening steps from July 22. The federal government announced today, Thursday further relaxations of the Corona measures and openings in view of lower new infection figures. Dancing will be allowed again in clubs and discotheques from July 1. Also, the FFP2 mask obligation falls from the beginning of July in almost all areas, but mouth-nose protection (MNS) is partly still mandatory. For large events, there is now only the 3G requirement, but no other restrictions. “The situation is a…

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From Tuesday to Wednesday, there were 153 new infections in Austria. Compared to the previous week (366), this is a significant decrease of 213 cases. In addition, there are three new deaths related to Covid-19 infection. In addition, there are 461 new recovered cases, so the number of active cases also drops to 3,431. With 77,757 new PCR tests, the positive rate is 0.2 percent. The new infections in the federal statesVienna: 83Upper Austria: 29Lower Austria: 18Styria: 15Salzburg: 6Tyrol: 5Vorarlberg: 3Carinthia: 2Burgenland: -8 — source: sozialministerium.at

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On June 25, Vienna plans to kick off the vaccination of children and adolescents between the ages of twelve and 18 who are not reached via the professional route. To the appointments, parents can come along, said Health City Council Peter Hacker (SPÖ) announced on Tuesday. Registration and booking under: impfservice.wien The parents wil, at the same time the vaccine in the “parent-child vaccination”, Hacker announced Tuesday evening to the TV station Puls24. For those under 14, a person with custody must book the appointment. If the child is older…

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Corona new infections and seven-day incidence remain at a low level in Austria. In the past 24 hours, according to the figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Ministry of Health (as of Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.), a further 117 infections with the coronavirus were registered. The figure was well below the average of 218 over the past seven days, with a seven-day incidence of 17.2 per 100,000 inhabitants. However, a relatively large number of deaths related to covid-19 disease were detected again on Tuesday. According to the report, six…

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The delta variant of the coronavirus, originally discovered in India, has now also been detected in Vienna in larger numbers. Currently, there are 22 confirmed cases, as a spokesperson for the crisis management team reported today. For the most part, these are already longer ago. However, there are also still 35 suspected cases where sequencing has not yet been completed. Of the 22 confirmed cases, only five people are still currently ill, it said. Returned from travelsIn those individuals who were infected with the delta mutation some time ago, the…

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The Corona situation in Austria continues to remain at a low level. Only 112 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours. The number of Corona cases in Austria continues to remain at a low level. A look at the new infections in the last seven days shows a stable development: 279 cases on June 7, 243 on the 8th, 366 on the 9th, 283 on the day of the relaxations (June 10), 216 on the 11th, 200 on the 12th and 233 on yesterday’s Sunday. And today, Monday,…

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The Corona situation in Austria continues to ease. The number of new infections is decreasing. Yesterday, the lowest 24-hour figure in nine months was reported at 200 new infections. Vaccination is also progressing: more than two million Austrians are now fully immunized against the corona virus, and more than four million people have been vaccinated for the first time. There was a slight increase again from yesterday to today: 233 new infections were reported. However, this is still below the average of 260 positive test results over the past seven…

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