Category: Austrian News

The coronavirus continues to spread. Now wastewater monitoring in Austria is being expanded even further. In addition to the country’s 24 largest wastewater treatment plants, another 24 treatment plants will be included in the national wastewater monitoring system. This will enable the National Reference Center to analyze its results on virus loads and variant incidence in even greater detail. These findings play an increasingly important role in the assessment of corona situation. Austria is thus further expanding its pioneering international role. Wastewater monitoring is playing an increasingly important role in…

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The National Day on October 26 will be celebrated in old normality again after two years of corona mode. The Austrian Armed Forces will return in full force to their performance show on Vienna’s Heldenplatz, and the doors of the government and Parliament will be open again. There is no open day at the Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen for the first time. However, he will receive “representatives of civil society” at the Hofburg premises. The national holiday on October 26 traditionally begins with wreath-laying ceremonies by the Federal…

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The recombinant from two omicron offshoots has the potential to supersede all other variants. It is likely to have the most potent immune escape to date. Just recently, Health Minister Johannes Rauch let it be known that the number of new Corona infections is falling and that the viral load in wastewater monitoring is also declining. For this reason, he said, there is no need for additional measures for the time being. However, the Omicron variants are not asleep. After the worrying reports from Singapore, where XBB, a recombinant from…

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The weather in Austria will remain significantly too mild for the time of year in the coming week. According to the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) forecast, the thermometer will climb up to 24 degrees in the coming week as well, but only in regions where the persistent fog clears. Thus, it remains much too mild for the end of October. Week starts rainy in the west – dry in the east.The details: A disturbance zone will move in from the west on Monday. In the west and…

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Vienna is starting registrations for its free flu vaccination at the city’s vaccination centers on Monday. Vaccinations will then begin on Nov. 2. Free influenza vaccination available in ViennaOn Saturday, the Ministry of Health warned of the first influenza cases in Austria and recommended early immunization against the flu. Registrations for free flu vaccinations in vaccination centers in Vienna starting MondayIn Vienna, it is possible to register for the flu vaccination campaign in the municipal vaccination centers as early as Monday at 12:00 either online at impfservice.wien or by calling…

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Corona numbers have continued to decline, according to data released Sunday. According to the data, 5407 new infections with the coronavirus were received on Saturday, according to AGES. This compares with 8,667 a week ago, and the 5,407 other infections were below the average of 8,740 new conditions per day over the past seven days. The seven-day incidence dropped further to below 700, at 677.7 per 100,000 population. With 97,741 active cases, there were 6205 fewer than the day before. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 5,398,512…

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Seven thousand one hundred fifty-one new coronavirus infections were registered in Austria on Saturday. This was below the average of the past seven days, according to which 9,119 new infections were reported per day. The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population thus continued to decline, from 750.9 to 707.1. By comparison, 11,238 laboratory-confirmed new illnesses had been written a week earlier, and the seven-day incidence was 1,001. There was also a decrease in the number of active cases. One hundred five thousand two hundred forty-three meant 6,125 fewer than the day…

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Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) presented a new Corona regulation on Friday. Until mid-January 2023, the measures remain. Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) presented a new Corona regulation Friday before the current Corona rules expire on October 23. Essentially, the government’s measures to fight the virus, as they currently stand, will remain in place until Jan. 15, 2023. The FFP2 mask obligation in hospitals, older adults, and nursing homes, as well as medical practices, thus remains further valid; for interior areas, the mask is only recommended. However, there is one…

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The COVID-19 basic measures regulation, which expires on Oct. 23, is to be extended “essentially” unchanged for three months, the Health Ministry announced Wednesday. This means that the FFP2 mask requirement will remain as before in hospitals, nursing homes, and medical practices. Still, Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) renewed the general mask recommendation for indoor areas. Due to the decreasing number of new infections since last week and a declining viral load in wastewater monitoring, there is no need for additional measures for the time being, according to the health…

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