Category: Austrian News

From Thursday to Friday, there were 333 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared with the previous week (541), this is a significant decrease of 208 cases. The seven-day incidence dropped below 30 and was 27.6 cases per 100,000 population on Friday. Declines continued in the number of Covid 19 patients seen in hospitals. For the first time since August, Burgenland also reported no new infections. There are also four new deaths related to Covid-19 infection. Meanwhile, more than half a million vaccinations were administered for the first time last week.…

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Excellent news from the east of Austria. In Burgenland on Friday, for the first time since August 2020, no new infections with the coronavirus have been reported. Also, no deaths were recorded. The number of active cases continued to decline. It decreased by three people who recovered to 82, the Coronavirus Coordination Staff announced. The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population was 14.9. For the first time in nine months, the number of total confirmed coronavirus cases in Burgenland did not increase. It remained at 18,306 people infected since the outbreak…

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From Wednesday to Thursday, there were 282 new infections in Austria. Compared to the previous week (585), that’s a drop of 302 cases. This also brings the 7-day incidence down to 29.95. There were also 457 new recovered cases, so the number of active cases also decreased to 4,476. In addition, there are six deaths related to Covid-19. 381 people are hospitalized due to illness, 128 of whom are in intensive care units. The new infections in the provincesLower Austria: 60Tyrol: 59Vienna: 44Upper Austria: 43Styria: 43Vorarlberg: 31Carinthia: 16Burgenland: 5Salzburg: -19…

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From Tuesday to Wednesday, there were 400 new infections in Austria. Compared to the previous week (445), this is a minus of 45 cases. This also brings the 7-day incidence down to 33.36. There were also 561 new recovered cases, so the number of active cases also decreased to 4,657. In addition, there are six deaths related to Covid-19. A total of 110,245 new PCR tests were performed in the past 24 hours. This puts the positive rate at 0.36 percent. The new infections in the provincesVienna: 158Lower Austria: 80Upper…

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More and more Austrians want to be vaccinated. This is shown by the latest data from the Chancellery and the Ministry of Health. Last year, only one-third of the population aged 16 and older was willing to protect themselves with a shot against Corona. Since then, the proportion has risen extremely steeply. Currently, it is already more than 70%. Of those over 65, 76% already want to be protected. Second big rushThe second big rush to vaccinate is just getting underway. On Monday, the EU also released the Biontech-Pfizer vaccine…

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Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) addresses the approval of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds. Until school starts up again, he said, they want a high vaccination coverage rate among young people. In June, he said, there will also be enough vaccine for those who want to be vaccinated. Everyone can be sure that they will get a vaccination if they want it, says the health minister. Vaccination preparedness helps achieve herd immunity sooner, he said. There is enough vaccine in June, Kurz concludes. However, the number of vaccinated…

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From Monday to Tuesday, there were 337 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared to the previous week (398), there are 61 cases less. Thus, the 7-day incidence also decreases slightly. For the first time since September 11 of last year, there are fewer than 5,000 active coronavirus infections in Austria. There were 4,824 active cases, according to Health and Interior Ministry figures (as of 9:30 a.m. Tuesday), down from 4,820 on Sept. 11. By comparison, there were more than 77,000 active cases in Austria at the peak of the second…

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The “3-G rule” – vaccinated, tested or recovered – is supposed to make public life possible again and reduce CoV infections to a minimum. The penalties for not following these guidelines are correspondingly high. If someone presents a falsified test result or vaccination certificate and is caught, it is anything but a trivial offense, experts warn. It is document forgery, punishable by up to one year in prison or up to 720 daily fines, according to police. It is of course also illegal to show valid test results or vaccination…

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There were 229 new Corona infections in Austria on Monday.Thanks to data cleanups in Vienna and Salzburg, the number of new Corona infections dropped to 229 on Monday, the last time there were this few new cases was in June of last year. Both Vienna and Salzburg reported negative case counts Monday. Thus, as of May 31, Vorarlberg and Lower Austria ranked first with 56 new Corona cases each. Current new corona infections in the provincesBurgenland: 9Carinthia: 11Lower Austria: 56Upper Austria: 25Salzburg: -1 (data adjustment)Styria: 47Tyrol: 40Vorarlberg: 56Vienna: -14 (data…

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