Category: General Interest

The fourth lockdown in Austria starts with rain. In terms of weather, fog will follow again, but also sun and foehn, forecasted the meteorologists of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). The snow line drops to 700 meters at the beginning of the week. The daily highs will reach a maximum of ten degrees in the coming week. Start of the week foggy and cloudyA weak cold front from the northwest will bring many dense clouds to all parts of the country at the beginning of the week.…

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This is how often you need to go for Corona vaccination booster in the futureThe delta mutant of the corona virus turned out to be much more dangerous and contagious than the original variant. The case of the Corona vaccine also shows how dangerous Delta is. Despite immunization, more and more people are becoming infected with the virus. The vaccination does not offer 100 percent protection against infection, but it does prevent severe courses in the event of an illness. In order to be protected well enough, many people need…

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The third prick of the Corona vaccine, known as a booster, is turning out to be increasingly important. “Efficacy and safety of vaccines are continuously monitored further, which is why it is now also clear that basic immunization includes a third vaccination after about six months,” emphasized Robin Rumler, Pfizer’s country manager in Austria. The pharmaceutical company has developed Biontech, one of the vaccines approved to date. In addition to the four vaccines already approved throughout the EU, other vaccines are in the pipeline, including other technologies. These include an…

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Yesterday, Saturday, it was not at all easy to get one of the coveted parking spaces in in numerous shopping malls all over the country. In Shopping City Süd near Vienna, already 96 percent were occupied by mid-morning. “You can feel that there will be a lockdown again from Monday,” one custumer said. For Burkhard Dünser, head of the Dornbirn shopping center, it was already clear in the morning: “This will be a very strong day.” Not only the fair city dwellers took the opportunity to once again quickly jump…

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The government and provincial governors have agreed on a general vaccination obligation from February. Infection figures at a record high, overcrowded intensive care units and a low vaccination rate of about 65 percent have made this necessary, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday, explaining the move. Record high for vaccinations in ViennaAt the same time, more Corona vaccinations were administered in Vienna in recent days than ever before. So came on Thursday 29,955 people vaccinated, on Friday it was even 30,788, announced the spokesman for Vienna Health City Council Peter Hacker…

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Starting Monday, police will again monitor compliance with lockdown measures against the Corona pandemic. For this purpose, 1,000 police trainees are available as personnel reserve.Indeed, 2nd year trainees can be deployed as a reserve under the guidance of experienced officers, the Interior Ministry said on Friday as published by the Austrian Press Agency. “The intensity of the controls remains high,” announced the Interior Ministry. So far 115,000 checks in lockdown for unvaccinated peopleSince Monday until Thursday, about 115,000 checks had been carried out across Austria and about 700 reports and…

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The government imposes the lockdown, the full brake is already on Monday. In addition, a vaccination obligation comes. On Friday, day 634 of the pandemic, the federal government pulls the emergency brake for the fourth (!) time: starting Monday, public life throughout Austria comes to a standstill. For the next three weeks, the whole of Austria will be in lockdown. Until December 12, that is, at least. On Friday night, Federal Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg took a stand in Austrian Television ZIB2 studio on the new lockdown and the imminent compulsory…

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Shortly before the nationwide lockdown takes effect, opponents of the Corona pandemic measures have called for demonstrations in Vienna, with several thousand activists expected in the city on Saturday. The FPÖ is organizing the largest rallies. However, their chairman Herbert Kickl will not be there, he tested positive for the corona virus and is in quarantine. The Interior Ministry assumes that right-wing extremists will also be found in the ranks of the demonstrators. Thus, mobilizations have been observed among identitarians and the hooligan scene. There have already been threats against…

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Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen addressed the nation in a televised speech Friday evening. He spoke out in favor of mandatory vaccination and warned against finger-pointing. Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen (The Greens) addressed all Austrians in a televised speech Friday night. He spoke out in favor of mandatory vaccination and warned against blaming others. AUSTRIA. “It simply could not go on like this,” the federal president said in his speech. The decision for a new breakwater lockdown was the right one at the present time, he said,…

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