Category: General Interest

Today, Monday, Austria’s first vaccination street for children between the ages of five and eleven goes into operation at the Austria Center Vienna in Vienna. The opening will be performed by Mayor Michael Ludwig and City Health Councillor Peter Hacker. The demand for appointments is very large: With Sunday, as of 17.00 clock, there were 9,216 bookings, 184 appointments were (until the end of the year) still free. If necessary, however, the contingent will be increased, the city had already announced. The children are injected with a reduced amount of…

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No new restrictions on religious exercise are associated with the “lockdown for the unvaccinated.” The new Covid 19 Protective Order passed Sunday night includes a general exemption provision for “gatherings for the purpose of religious worship.” Furthermore, as of Monday, according to the new regulation issued by the Minister of Health, leaving private homes for “the satisfaction of basic religious needs, such as visits to cemeteries and individual visits to places of religious worship” will be allowed. Provisions of the Framework Regulations of the Bishops’ Conference“For the area of the…

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The 2G rule applies to visitors at Vienna’s Christkindl Markets – security guards also want to see ID. There are queues outside the entrances. Anyone who wants to visit a Christkindlmarkt now should not only have a lot of patience, but also a green passport and an ID card, otherwise nothing will work. The 2G rule applies to visitors. According to the city, an expansion to 2G+ is not (yet) being considered. At Rathausplatz, the city’s largest Christmas market, visitors were jammed Sunday afternoon at the entrance on the Ring.…

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The approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) of the Covid-19 vaccination for five- to 12-year-olds, which Pfizer applied for in mid-October, should be imminent. Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens), speaking at the government’s press conference on the lockdown for the unvaccinated today, assumed that could happen as early as Nov. 24. He did not give further details. Officially, there is still no approval from the EMA for vaccination under the age of twelve. Therefore, younger children can only be vaccinated “off label” in Austria. Interested parents have to find…

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Today, Austria is considered a coronavirus high-risk area for Germany. Due to the high infection figures, a travel warning from the German Foreign Ministry therefore also came into effect at 0:00. Only the municipalities of Mittelberg and Jungholz and the Rißtal in the municipal area of Vomp and Eben am Achensee are exempt. People arriving from Austria who have not been vaccinated and have not recovered must spend ten days in quarantine in Germany. Free testing is possible from the fifth day. The travel warning and the stricter entry rules…

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The negative records continue to roll over: again, a new high in new infections with the coronavirus was recorded in Austria. On Saturday, statistics showed 13,152 new cases, more than 2000 people are currently hospitalized due to Covid-19. In Vienna, Upper Austria and Salzburg the Corona measures are therefore clearly intensified, health minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) plans a vaccination obligation for health occupations on and chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) wants to give on Sunday, after consultation with all regional governors, “green light” for an Austria-wide Lockdown for unvaccinated. Already in…

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Lockdown for non-immunized: the rule will apply to unvaccinated people throughout Austria from Monday and will be decided today. Children under the age of twelve are exempt, as no Corona vaccine has yet been officially approved for them. The measure is intended to “prevent a breakdown in medical care.” A true lockdown it is not. It would mean all recreational facilities, eateries, or most retail would close. They will remain open, but only to the vaccinated and recovered. Non-immunized people are only allowed to leave the living environment for a…

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On several occasions, the head of the church has spoken out in favor of the Covid vaccination Three times vaccinated is Pope Francis. For him, vaccination is “an act of love.” Catholics around the world support the head of the church: Paul Martone from Valais, for example, thinks that not getting vaccinated is “blasphemous” because the vaccine is God’s gift to humanity.Within its own ranks, the Vatican is acting rigorously: employees and external service providers who cannot produce a green passport are no longer allowed to come to work, are…

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Since Monday, 2G has been in effect throughout Austria. This means that anyone who is neither vaccinated nor recovered is excluded from practically all public entertainment, such as visits to restaurants or hairdressers. In Vienna, almost 700 businesses and 5,000 people have since been checked for compliance with this requirement. There were almost 100 violations, which were punished by means of charges or organ mandate. Walter Hillerer, head of the Emergency Measures Group of the Vienna City Administration, emphasized to APA the good cooperation between the municipal authorities and the…

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