Category: Austrian News

This week, a massive blast of cold air brings snow and frost. Fruit growers must tremble for their harvest in this April winter. A strong cold front will reach the Alps on Monday night and subsequently wintry air from the polar region will flow into Austria. Thus, it will be extremely cold for the season and there are snow showers down to low altitudes. According to the experts of the Austrian Severe Weather Center, up to half a meter of fresh snow will fall in the Northern Alps until Thursday.…

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Today, Tuesday, a Corona summit in Austria will take place. The government is once again discussing the situation with experts, the opposition and state governors, and a press conference is planned for the afternoon. Beforehand, Chancellor Kurz promised: everyone can get vaccinated in the next 100 days. In Austria, there are 7,531,239 vaccine-eligible people (all residents over the age of 16). In total, only about five million Austrians, estimates the Ministry of Health. 1,270,558 (16.38 percent) received a first dose, and 488,062 (6.29 percent) already have full vaccination protection. To…

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On Easter Monday, ministries reported 2,217 new infections with the coronavirus and 33 new deaths. There ended up 89 patients newly hospitalized. After a long wait for the latest infection figures, they are now available on Easter Monday. The state crisis team reports 2,217 additional positive findings since Easter Sunday – most of them in Vienna (551) and Lower Austria (543). The occupancy rate in hospitals increased by 89 patients – ten more infected persons are being treated in intensive care units than yesterday. Since the last report, the new…

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Even if the number of new infections on Easter Sunday was significantly lower than on Holy Saturday due to the weekend, there are enough alarm signals for a further escalation of the pandemic. In Vienna, for example, a new absolute record was registered for the number of intensive care patients. 223 people in intensive care units were 17 more than on Saturday and seven more than on Good Friday, when the previous highs from the fall of last year were significantly exceeded for the first time. Across Austria, 2,743 new…

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Chancellor’s Easter message: in May, the elderly population should be vaccinated and openings should be possible. In 100 days, everyone who wants a vaccination should get one. “There are currently so many different messages, information and opinions,” Chancellor Sebastian Kurz introduces his Easter message, which was published on Facebook on Holy Saturday. Vaccinations are progressing well, Kurz says. Austria is among the top 10 in Europe and in the top 20 worldwide, he said. And although some vaccine manufacturers are delivering only half of what is contracted with the EU,…

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There were also 37 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection. From Good Friday to Holy Saturday, there were 3,283 new infections in Austria. In addition, 37 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection were reported in the past 24 hours. By comparison, a week ago Saturday, the number of new infections was 3,498 cases. Austrian hospitals have 93 fewer patients in normal wards and four fewer patients in intensive care units. New infections by province:Burgenland: 105 Carinthia: 181 Lower Austria: 674 Upper Austria: 381 Salzburg: 200 Styria: 307 Tyrol:…

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Today, Good Friday, 3,137 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. Across Austria, 9,397 people have died as a result of the viral illnesses. The daily Corona new infections in Austria reported by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior continue to remain above the 3,000 mark with 3,137 new cases on Friday. The number of intensive care patients remained almost the same over the past 24 hours, rising by four to 535, while the total number of hospital patients fell slightly to 2,294 (as of 9:30…

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The mask obligation in the open air on busy squares comes, as Viennese Mayor Michael Ludwig has announced. Today the starting signal falls at five places within the city. In these five places, every passerby must wear an FFP2 mask starting today:▶ Danube Canal▶ Karlsplatz▶ Museumsquartier▶ Schwedenplatz▶ Stephansplatz. The beautiful weather ensures that these places in the fresh air have been literally stormed during the past days. This gives the government a headache in view of the rising Corona numbers. In addition to the “Easter rest” in eastern Austria, which…

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For the second day in a row, a slight decrease in the number of Corona intensive care patients has been recorded within the past 24 hours. Unchanged at too high a level, however, were the new infections on Thursday (as of 9:30 a.m.): 3363 new cases were reported. A week ago, there had been 3124. There was a decrease in patients in both normal and intensive care units within the past 24 hours. In normal wards, 17 fewer people were treated, while in intensive care units there were nine fewer…

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