The masking requirement at schools will be lifted entirely as of next week. This was announced by Education Minister Martin Polaschek on Wednesday. The mouth-nose protection was still to be worn in the corridors and toilets, among other places. There has been no need to put on a mask for some time in the classroom itself. Polaschek also confirmed that the mask requirement for unvaccinated teachers would also be dropped on Monday. Nevertheless, the minister stressed that all persons who feel unsafe on school premises would have the option to…
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Snoring: Keep quiet in bed with these tips!
An asleep expert explains stopping snoring for good by avoiding certain things and doing others instead. Snoring is no cause for alarm, but it can disrupt the quality of your sleep and the sleep of those with whom you share the bed. If you share a bed with someone who snores, you know you’re in for a terrible night’s rest. However, it doesn’t have to stay that way. The worst and the best sleeping position Even if the snoring person is the one causing the snoring sounds, there is a…
Read MoreUNHCR: Five million people displaced from Ukraine
According to recent calculations, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates that more than five million people have fled abroad from Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s war of aggression. “That’s five million individual fates full of loss and trauma,” UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Kelly Clements told a UN Security Council meeting yesterday. In addition, there are some 7.1 million people who have left their homes inside Ukraine, added Antonio Vitorino of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). At the meeting, member states discussed the need for more assistance to…
Read MorePope calls for reconciliation at the end of the Easter celebration
On Easter Monday, the Pope called for reconciliation from St. Peter’s Square at the “Regina Coeli” prayer. It is the only answer to war, he said. “May the grace of the risen Lord give comfort and hope to all who suffer, may no one be abandoned, may quarrels, wars, and disputes give way to understanding and reconciliation,” the pope said. Francis also addressed the issue of fear. “All our fears stem from the one great fear, the fear of death: fear of disappearing, fear of losing loved ones, of illness,…
Read MoreWeather outlook: It will be warmer from Wednesday
The coming week starts cool, but it will be warmer again from Wednesday, according to the ZAMG forecast. Vienna weather in detail However, according to the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) forecast, it should remain changeable. In the eastern low mountain ranges, snow is even to be expected again. Easter Monday will be calm and rainy The details: On Easter Monday, the sun will frequently shine in the west and southwest. Otherwise, sunny phases will be replaced by increasingly dense clouds, especially along the northern side of the…
Read MoreEaster colder than Christmas
Easter is colder than Christmas in large parts of Austria. We had up to 12 degrees; now, it reaches only 9 degrees in some places. Yet we’ve already been in the middle of spring for a month … Easter SundayMost of Austria is sunny but windy and cool. There will be fog or some clouds in places, for example, in the Pinzgau or parts of the Mühlviertel and Waldviertel, but there will be about 10 hours of sunshine everywhere. From north to the east, the wind will be brisk again…
Read MoreCorona rules are further relaxed
From Holy Saturday, new Corona rules apply. There are day and night in the catering trade no more restrictions. FFP2 masks can only be worn in settings such as vital trade, public transport, and hospitals and nursing homes. In other businesses as well as at events, the obligation is dropped. The validity of the Green Passport is extended to one year for triple vaccinated persons. The latter has significance, especially for travel abroad. Because the G-rules in Austria hardly exist where. In hospitals, nursing, rehabilitation, or disabled facilities, vaccination, recovery,…
Read MoreLiving room antigen tests available again after Easter
Test kits should be available again in pharmacies after the holidays. After there have been isolated cases of out-of-stock living room tests in pharmacies over the past few days, supplies have now been restocked. According to the Ministry of Health and the Chamber of Pharmacists, living room tests should be available again in all pharmacies during the coming week. Due to supply delays, the free-living room tests – five antigen tests per person per month – could or can no longer be dispensed in some pharmacies. The problem should have…
Read MoreWHO: More than 500 million infect
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases has exceeded half a billion, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). As of last night, 500.19 million infections and 6.19 million deaths had been reported to the UN agency in Geneva. Since the emergence of the new coronavirus at the end of 2019, most conditions have been registered in Europe (209.5 million) and the Americas (151.7 million). On the other hand, Africa accounted for only about two percent of the global number of cases. However,…
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