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The city is unlocking 223,200 more vaccination appointments today. Workers and employees with customer contact and people 50 and older can now book an appointment. Additional vaccination appointments are available for health care professionals and care providers. 121,000 of those are for Category 3 workers who have face-to-face customer contact, regardless of age, but have structural protection available – so bank tellers or ticket sellers, for example. Another 76,000 appointments are for those who are vaccinated according to age ranking, and that is now available from 50 instead of 55…

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Infection figures in Austria continue to decline sharply, and “rapid progress” is being made in vaccination. For Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein, “with these positive developments, nothing stands in the way of opening steps.” Today, the Corona measures are further relaxed. Instead of two meters distance applies again only one meter, the curfew is moved from previously 22.00 clock to midnight. More customers may be admitted in retail and leisure businesses. Cultural events can be held at 75 percent capacity (instead of the previous 50). In outdoor areas, the mask is…

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Today, the curfew still ends at 10 p.m., from tomorrow, Thursday, it’s then: until midnight!The minimum distance will be halved to one meter, the occupancy rate for cultural institutions will be raised from 50 to 75 percent and the mask and distance requirement for gatherings of up to eight people will be lifted. Meetings are permitted inside with eight adults plus children, outside 16 adults plus children.Retailers and museums need 20 square feet of space per customer today, starting tomorrow, only 10.The mask obligation for events and meetings outside will…

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The countdown to the next opening steps or relaxations in Austria is on! On June 10, there will be further easing throughout the country. The reason for further relaxations is obvious: in recent weeks, the Corona situation in Austria has continued to improve, and the number of new infections has also remained at a low level for some time. For example, the value of 400 Corona cases in 24 hours has not been exceeded for several days; the last time this was the case was on June 2 with exactly…

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Yesterday, 279 new infections were reported, the third lowest figure since September. Only one additional death was registered. The trend of decreasing new infections continues today, with 243 new infections and seven additional deaths related to Covid-19 reported in Austria from yesterday to today. The number of new infections was thus below the average of the past seven days (310 new infections per day). The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population is thus below 25, at 24.4. Still relatively high, however, is the number of deaths from or with Covid 19…

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There have been 494 positive Corona self-tests in Viennese schools in the week from last Friday. With a record number of 2.6 million tests conducted (previous week: 2.5 million), this was 110 “hits” less than the previous week (604). That translates into a rate of 0.02 percent (previous week: also 0.02 percent). Meanwhile, not a single school is closed because of clustered Corona cases. About one-third of tests probably false-positivePupils again accounted for the majority of positive test results (435), and there were 59 among school staff. As in previous…

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Monday, 7 June 2021 – From yesterday to today, 279 new infections were reported in Austria – the third lowest figure since September. One additional death was registered within 24 hours. Compared to last Monday, exactly 50 more new infections were reported across Austria, bringing the seven-day incidence per 100,000 population back up slightly above a level of 25. Nevertheless, this is the third best value after the Monday of the previous week, where 229 positive tests were registered, and last Saturday with 271 new cases. The last time there…

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The seven-day incidence in Austria continues to move in the right direction, falling below the threshold of 25 at 24.9 on Sunday. This is according to figures released by the Interior and Health Ministries. However, an exorbitantly high figure of 362 new infections was reported on Sunday compared to previous days. That was well above last week’s average of 316 new infections per day, all the more remarkable for Sunday. Fewer tests on SaturdayThere was significantly less testing on Saturday than in previous days. There were 507,956 PCR and rapid…

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From Saturday to Sunday, 362 new infections with the coronavirus were reported in Austria. In addition, there were three deaths related to the virus. To date, there have been 646,800 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 10,639 people across Austria have died as a result of corona virus and 630,942 have recovered. Currently, 420 people are in hospital care due to the virus, including 140 in intensive care units. New infections in the provincesBurgenland: 0Carinthia: 14Lower Austria: 56Upper Austria: 65Salzburg: 11Styria: 42Tyrol: 44Vorarlberg: 33Vienna: 97 source: sozialministerium.at

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