Category: General Interest

Children and adolescents over the age of twelve will have to provide proof of 2.5-G in Vienna starting Friday. School-aged children from twelve to 15 years must in the future for catering, gym, hairdresser and Co. a 2.5 G proof, that is vaccinated, recovered or PCR-tested (PCR is valid 48 hours from acceptance). The Ninja Passport would not apply across the board as 2-G proof for this age group until the end of the week. Stricter measures than federal governmentThe corresponding Viennese ordinance is just being fine-tuned and will in…

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The Covid 19 pandemic has officially claimed more than five million lives since its outbreak in December 2020, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. That’s more than the population of Ireland or all the people living in Louisiana. But the actual cost could be much higher than we think. The United States leads all deaths counted with 745,000, followed by Brazil, India, Mexico and Russia. According to TIME magazine, in less than two years, covid-19 has become the third leading cause of death worldwide, after heart disease and…

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Since Monday, a 2G obligation has been in force in Austria in large parts of public life. Now the SCS is also rushing ahead with a hammer rule. In order to provide a further incentive for the Corona vaccination and to make public life safer for everyone, a 2G duty has been in force for most areas of public life since yesterday, Monday. Access to (night) catering, hotels or body-related services will henceforth only be available to vaccinated or recovered persons. Retail is basically open to all, with mandatory FFP2.…

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In hospitals, as expected, more and more patients are being admitted with vaccine breakthroughs. In normal wards, a good 40 percent are fully vaccinated; in intensive care units, the figure is just under a quarter.Vaccine breakthroughs Nearly a quarter of the people sick with Covid-19 who had to be treated in intensive care units in Austria last week were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. The proportion of fully immunized hospital patients who received care in normal wards was 43.6 percent. This is according to figures provided by the Ministry of…

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In Austria, the 2-G rule is now in effect. Those who are neither vaccinated nor recovered can no longer go to pubs, hairdressers or events. Visiting hospitals and nursing homes is also no longer possible. Guests who break the rules face administrative fines of up to 500 euros, and operators up to 3,600 euros. 3- or 2G: New corona rules are controlled This level of penalties is also provided for employees and employers in the case of the 3-G rule in the workplace. There, it is the employer’s responsibility to…

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Around the blackout exercise on Friday, many false reports about power cuts are circulating. Now the government is clarifying what is really happening. The risk of widespread and prolonged power outages is set to increase in the future. Just earlier this year, Europe narrowly escaped such a blackout. In order to be able to react properly in such a crisis, the government, police, army and energy suppliers are rehearsing the emergency this week. On Friday, November 12, 2021, the blackout exercise “ENERGIE.21” will therefore take place on the initiative of…

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In the fall and winter, Andreas Gassen, CEO of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), estimates that virtually all unvaccinated people will become infected with corona. “We will see that in all likelihood everyone who is not vaccinated will become infected in the next few months,” Gassen told Bild TV on Sunday evening. Measures other than vaccination offer no protection against the coronavirus, he said. “It’s a deceptive security if people think that because they don’t go to the carnival or still wear a mask in the…

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The number of infections worldwide is about a quarter of a billion, according to the report. Globally, new infections have fallen 36 percent in the past three months, he said. However, the situation in Europe is critical. According to an analysis by the Reuters news agency, the number of infections worldwide is almost 250 million. Globally, the average daily number of new cases has fallen 36 percent in the past three months, it said. According to the data, more than half of all new infections worldwide currently occur in Europe.…

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On Monday, according to the forecast of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), some rain is to be expected, then the high-pressure weather will return with increasingly frequent fog in the lowlands. In the sun it will also be relatively mild. Monday will start rainy, sun will appear in the afternoonOn Monday, many dense clouds will hang in the sky during the first half of the day. With them it will rain mainly around the main ridge of the Alps and also still in the south and southeast…

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