Category: Austrian News

After a data cleanup, authorities have reported 218 Covid 19 deaths for the past 24 hours. The city of Vienna switched to reporting deaths synchronously with AGES data, so 135 deaths have been added since yesterday. In fact, 15 people died as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the past 24 hours, according to city data. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there are thus 4,982 deaths Austria-wide, reported the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior today (as of 9:30 a.m.). Until now, different values for Covid-19…

Read More

The first vaccinations against the coronavirus could possibly take place in Austria as early as December 24. This is the assumption of the federal government after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) brought forward its opinion on the approval of the Corona vaccine from the companies Biontech and Pfizer to December 21. Pfizer gave assurances in a video conference with Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) that it would start delivering the first doses of the vaccine immediately after approval, the chancellor’s office said. This would mean that, optimally, the first shipment could…

Read More

The first CoV vaccinations could be given in Austria this year, in nursing homes in Vienna and Lower Austria. A pharmaceutical wholesaler in Vienna-Simmering is to receive the first 10,000 vaccine doses Austria-wide – the refrigerators are prepared. Three special refrigerators are ready at the pharmaceutical wholesaler Herba Chemosan in Vienna-Simmering. There, the vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer must then be stored at a minimum of minus 70 degrees. “Between 160,000 and 170,000 doses go into one of these refrigerators,” CEO Andreas Windischbauer described to “Wien heute.” “There you can…

Read More

According to parliamentary correspondence, the Christmas Ordinance was passed today in the Main Committee of the parliament with votes from the ÖVP, Greens and SPÖ. New is now that from 24 December a visit to the zoo will be possible again. On the first two days of Christmas (24th and 25th) there will be no obligation to wear a mask at parties with family or friends. For private Christmas parties on December 24 and 25, ten people from a maximum of ten households are allowed to gather. Here there is…

Read More

As of Dec. 19, 2020, a new regulation will apply to anyone who wants to enter Austria: For travellers from Australia, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Uruguay and the Vatican there will be no entry restrictions, provided they have stayed continuously in these countries or in Austria for the past ten days. For all others, a mandatory ten-day quarantine applies. From the 5th day on, one can clear oneself with a negative PCR or antigen test. Upon entry, a quarantine form must be signed. It is…

Read More

On Wednesday, the government will come out with the new Corona Ordinance for the upcoming holidays. It states, for example, that returnees from abroad must go into quarantine and that masks will now also be mandatory indoors. The regulation will apply until December 26 – but how New Year’s Eve can be celebrated this year remains unaffected. Just over a week before Christmas, details of the proposed holiday ordinance emerged Tuesday. Beforehand, the details come from a draft sent to the main parliamentary committee, and the final version will be…

Read More

The first Corona vaccinations will start this year in Vienna and parts of Lower Austria. “I expect these 10,000 doses on the 23rd, 24th or sometime on the 28th (December 2020) due to holidays. And we will vaccinate with them immediately,” said Clemens-Martin Auer, special representative for health, on “Ö1 Morgenjournal.” In some selected nursing homes in Vienna and Lower Austria, the vaccinations will begin, he said. The reason is logistical issues, as Pfizer can only deliver the first doses to Vienna. A further 230,000 vaccine doses will be distributed…

Read More

3,068 new recovered within 24 hours. 57 new deaths linked to Covid-19 infection. Within the past 24 hours, there are 2,588 new Corona infections in Austria. After the slight increases at the end of last week, this is again a lower value. However, as is well known, new infections are to be taken with a grain of salt, especially on Monday, as the testing capacity is somewhat lower on weekends. The results of the PCR tests of the mass tests come into the statistics only with a certain time delay.…

Read More

More than two million participants (out of a population of around 8.9 million) were recorded in the first Corona mass test series. More than 4,000 infected persons were found – with PCR retesting. Testing will continue in Upper Austria until Monday, and in Burgenland until Tuesday. Although the targeted 60 percent was not reached, Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner (ÖVP) sees the result as a “successful large-scale project that will be repeated in the New Year.” This is because it was possible to locate several thousand infected people who would probably…

Read More