Category: Austrian News

Following the emergency approval of the Corona vaccine from German pharmaceutical company Biontech and its US partner Pfizer, vaccination is set to begin in the US on Monday. The first to be vaccinated will be employees of healthcare facilities and residents of nursing homes and homes for the elderly. Meanwhile, in England, Corona vaccinations will be administered in GP surgeries across the country starting this week. The announcement was made by the National Health Service (NHS). After receiving emergency approval in the U.S. on Friday, the vaccine was packaged and…

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Corona numbers remain high in Austria. A decision on a renewed lockdown in Austria is expected to be made by Wednesday. It wasn’t until December 7 that retailers were allowed to reopen in Austria. Nevertheless, the coming Saturday could already be the last shopping day before Christmas. Because due to the further high infection numbers a renewed Lockdown seems more than conceivable. The government does not want to commit itself at the moment, observes the numbers, until Wednesday a decision could then fall. Also for the schools. One indication of…

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2,461 new infections with the coronavirus have been reported in Austria in the past 24 hours. This was below the average of the past seven days (2,719). The situation in hospitals also eased on Sunday. 3,444 Covid 19 patients had to be treated as inpatients, 155 fewer than the previous day. 577 sick people received intensive medical care, by 14 less than on Saturday. The number of Covid 19 infections requiring hospital treatment decreased by 9.4 percent last week. In absolute numbers, there were 358 affected people who could be…

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In the last 24 hours, there have been 2,641 new Corona cases and 58 deaths in Austria. According to the Ministry of Interior on Sunday, there have been 322,463 positive test results in Austria so far. As of today (9:30 a.m.), 4,473 people across Austria have died as a result of the virus and 281,106 have recovered. Currently, 3,444 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the Corona virus, and of these, 577 of the ill are in intensive care units. The new infections are divided among the provinces of…

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The new rules over Christmas and New Year make one thing clear: We are in for a long road through a tough Corona winter. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP): “In the first months of the year, vaccination will not yet have an effect.” Details on mandatory outdoor testing and masks are to come next week. Less than two weeks after the Federal government’s announcement that Christmas holidays and New Year’s Eve may be celebrated by tens and regardless of residence, the government rowed back again in view of the still high…

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The situation in intensive care units is slowly easing. Though death rate is still increasing.Austria has no longer overcrowded intensive care units. But Chancellor Sebastian Kurz maintaned that the situation has not eased much. Chancellor Kurz justified the tightening late on Friday evening for the holidays.The fact check shows: Intensive care unit utilization is falling, albeit slowly. Currently, 28.5 percent of beds are occupied, compared to 32.3 percent a week ago. However: Yesterday, the number of intensive care patients increased by 19.Also on the rise is the number of covid…

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To date, there have been 319,822 positive test results in Austria. As of today (December 12, 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 4,415 people across Austria have died as a result of Corona virus and 277,883 have recovered. Currently, 3,599 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the Corona virus, and of these, 591 of the ill are in intensive care units. The new infections since the last report are divided among the provinces of Austria as follows: Burgenland: 75Carinthia: 175Lower Austria: 643Upper Austria: 637Salzburg: 274Styria: 491Tyrol: 248Vorarlberg: 120Vienna: 578 hp, Source: sozialministerium.at.

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The Ministry of Health expects the fixed Covid-19 vaccination strategy to be implemented as prepared. A first delivery of vaccine from Biontech/Pfizer is expected at the beginning of January, and then the vaccine will be started in nursing homes and homes for the elderly as planned, Covid-19 special representative Clemens Martin Auer stressed today. The only question, he said, is marketing approval from the EU – but where Auer expects it to be granted as expected. It is not yet possible to say exactly when the first shipment of vaccine…

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After a conference with the provincial governors, the Turkish-Green government on Friday evening tightened the Corona measures around Christmas and New Year’s Eve in Austria. Thus, according to Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (December 25) a Christmas party in a small circle with a maximum of ten people is allowed. From the 26th, however, the contact and curfew restrictions already apply again. On New Year’s Eve, the curfew will be lifted between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., but the contact restrictions will continue to apply. A…

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