Category: Austrian News

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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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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