Category: Austrian News

Another test center will be opened in Vienna.A coronavirus testing center is now being set up at Schönbrunn Palace. Two sites for rapid antigen testing will be available there starting Thursday. A coronavirus testing center is now also being set up at Schönbrunn Palace. Starting next Thursday, two locations for rapid antigen tests will be available there. This was reported by APA on Monday and published in vienna.at. APA reports that Vienna City Councillor for Health Peter Hacker announced that a “walk-in” with three test lines will be installed at…

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The number of new infections in Austria within 24 hours is still more than 1100. Since Sunday, 1124 new cases have been reported across Austria. The seven-day average was thus 1400 new infections daily – twice the number issued as a target for the end of the hard lockdown. 13,997 people were confirmed actively infected on Monday. The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population was 110.1 – just as more than double the original target. Here, too, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Green Party) had repeatedly stressed that the aim was to…

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Today, Monday, the government wants to announce whether Austria will unlock, when and how. In advance, there are conferences with experts, opposition and provincial leaders. The pressure is massive, not only because on Sunday again thousands took to the streets. Retailers want to open, schools too, but experts warn. Yesterday, the chancellor, vice chancellor and health ministers consulted almost non-stop. What happens today: As two weeks ago, the almost identical group of experts will meet and give the government their assessment of the situation. It will be rather gloomy. The…

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Around 10,000 demonstrators took part in the actually prohibited Corona demonstrations in downtown Vienna on Sunday. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) and Vienna’s police chief Gerhard Pürstl have drawn a first balance in the evening. According to the report, ten people were arrested, four police officers were injured and around 800 charges were filed for violations of Covid 19 regulations. A total of two officers fell, two were injured by “extraneous force.” “This operation was anything but a walk in the park for the police officers,” Nehammer said. It wasn’t…

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Still no easing of the Corona situation in Austria. From Saturday to Sunday, 1,190 new cases were recorded across Austria, plus 18 deaths were reported, the Interior and Health Ministries reported on Sunday. The seven-day average is thus 1,383 cases added daily. Since the pandemic began, 7,721 people have died from or with Covid-19. Austria-wide, there have been 14,180 confirmed active cases. In total, 9,684 people have become infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the past week. The seven-day incidence – the number of new infections per 100,000 population in a seven-day…

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Exactly five weeks since the start of the third hard lockdown, new infection numbers in Austria remain very high. Exactly 1478 new infection cases have been reported since Friday, the Interior and Health Ministries reported Saturday. Thus, the seven-day average is 1385 cases added daily. Another 45 Covid-19 deaths have also been reported since Friday, bringing the total to 7703 people who have died from or with Covid-19 since the pandemic began. For the first time since mid-October, the number of new infections within seven days is below 10,000. In…

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Last year, despite the pandemic, Vienna saw an increase in population due to both births and immigration. Currently, 1.92 million people live in the federal capital, and the two million mark is expected to be cracked in 2027. Vienna grew in the previous year despite the Corona pandemic, but at a somewhat slower rate than in previous years. In total, around 10,000 inhabitants were added. Births and immigration fell slightly, deaths rose. With 1.92 million people, Vienna is the fifth-largest city in the EU and is expected to exceed the…

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Shortly before the announcement of the lockdown decision of the federal government, authorities report 1,500 new infections and 51 deaths. October 2, 2020. This date is now increasingly coming to the attention of citizens and the government. Why? That day was the last time the number of new Corona infections was below 700 new cases, the mark the government said was a condition for ending the current lockdown. Since then, Austria has been posting four-digit Corona readings daily, recently settling at around 1,500 to 1,600 despite a hard lockdown. The…

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To date, there have been 410,230 positive test results in Austria. As of today (January 28, 2021, 09:30 a.m.), 7,607 people across Austria have died as a result of Corona virus and 387,787 have recovered. Currently, 1,791 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the Corona virus, and 298 of the ill are in intensive care units. New infections since the last report are divided among the provinces as follows: Burgenland: 31 Carinthia: 83 Lower Austria: 273 Upper Austria: 223 Salzburg: 127 Styria: 169 Tyrol: 172 Vorarlberg: 59 Vienna: 312…

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