Category: Austrian News

A dashboard showing the status of Corona vaccinations went online on the Ministry of Health’s website on Tuesday evening. There you can see how many people in Austria have already been vaccinated against COVID-19. However, this is only theoretical – the figures are not based on vaccinations actually carried out, but are calculated on the basis of the vaccines delivered. The whole thing is also broken down by province. In addition, the dashboard shows the number of vaccine doses requested by Austrian healthcare facilities in the Bundesbeschaffung GmbH e-shop. By…

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This weekend, the government will decide how to proceed with the lockdown, i.e. which opening steps should take place from January 25. Tomorrow there will still be talks with the provincial governors and social partners. However, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) put the brakes on overly high expectations in an interview with the APA yesterday: The situation is a “highly volatile” one, one must continue to “proceed extremely cautiously,” he said. Currently, Austria has around 2,000 new infections per day, and the 7-day incidence is around 150, putting it in the…

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The first major vaccination campaign against the coronavirus will start in Vienna on Friday. Around 11,000 people are expected to receive their first jab over the next four days at Messe Wien. The majority of these doses are reserved for physicians in private practice and their staff. But also personnel of emergency services and mobile care as well as some midwives will be immunized at the total of 14 vaccination lines. There had been great interest among the target groups in the appointments to be made in advance. For example,…

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According to the Austrian Press Agency Health Minister Rudolf Anschober announced that vaccinations against the coronavirus for “about 600,000 people” will be accomplished in Austria in the first quarter. So far, 180,000 doses from Biontech/Pfizer and 10,000 from Moderna have been delivered to Austria, he reported during a local inspection at a nursing home in Klosterneuburg. By the end of the quarter, nearly 1.2 million vaccine doses from the two manufacturers are to be delivered. Anschober said that “large orders” had also been placed for the vaccine from AstraZeneca, which…

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Minister of Culture extends agreement with all 16 religious societies – regulation is analogous to the lockdown currently in effectThe churches and religious societies, in consultation with Minister of Culture Susanne Raab, have extended the Corona agreement currently in force: analogous to the generally applicable lockdown, public religious services will be suspended until the end of next week for the time being. How it continues after that, will be agreed according to the then valid new general regulations, announced the Ministry to Kathpress on Thursday. As is already the case,…

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While the fear of the Corona mutation is also going around in Austria, the numbers of daily new infections continue at a very high level. The headline Thursday morning was cause for grave concern: within just 24 hours, Austria-wide infection figures are said to have risen from around 1,900 to more than 3,500 Corona cases – in the middle of a tough lockdown. The increase was particularly dramatic in Carinthia: Cases are said to have increased more than sixfold in the southernmost province, rising from 165 to 1,073. As “heute.at”…

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The first large-scale vaccination campaign against the coronavirus will start in Vienna tomorrow (Friday), with some 11,000 people from the medical and healthcare sectors expected to receive their first dose over four days at the Messe Wien exhibition center. Most of the available dates are already booked up, according to the office of Health City Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ). The majority of the vaccines are reserved for physicians in private practice and their staff. 8,500 doses are available to them. “These appointments were taken within 24 hours,” reported a Hacker…

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The lockdown in Austria is extended until January 24 – at least for now! Because the British Corona mutation worsens the situation in the country. The lockdown in Austria caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will last at least until January 24. This was fixed on Wednesday by the main committee of the National Council. This means that pubs and stores – with the exception of the food trade and other stores selling everyday consumer goods – will remain closed for a further ten days after 14 January. Events as well…

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The health minister does not accept the comparison with record holder Israel, because the EU has made a concerted effort to develop the vaccine – also in terms of research. In this way, national solo efforts were avoided. Anschober also explains that vaccinations can be given more quickly in a vaccination line than in nursing homes – where there are challenges such as residents under guardianship. In addition, there are now 3.8 million promised vaccine doses from Biontech/Pfizer, the federal government remains responsible for procurement, and vaccine from Moderna will…

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