Category: General Interest

The lockdown for unvaccinated goes from Sunday for ten days in the extension, each new extension by ten days is extended in each case by the federal government. The non-essential trade partly opens already on Sunday, vaccinated or recovered customers must wear FFP2 mask. Trade employees are subject to 3G verification and the mask requirement, unless there are, for example, structural protective measures. Access to body-related service providers, who are also allowed to reopen, is restricted to those with a valid 2G certificate; in addition, the FFP2 mask requirement also…

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Investigations into the new CoV variant Omicron and the effectiveness of existing vaccines are in full swing. Much of it has been studied in the laboratory. Friday night, the results of a British analysis based on 581 people with confirmed Omicron variant became known: According to the results, only a third booster vaccination provides protection against disease with omicron. According to the U.K. health authority, infected individuals with two doses of the vaccines from AstraZeneca, as well as Pfizer and Biontech, showed significantly less protection against symptomatic infections than against…

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The new rail timetable comes into effect across Europe on Sunday, and it has two more Nightjet lines in store. Travelers will then be able to go from Vienna to Paris three times a week. There will even be a daily service from Zurich to Amsterdam. Furthermore, international direct connections will be expanded, ÖBB announced in a press release on Thursday. This concerns for example the routes Graz-Budapest and Vienna-Bregenz-Frankfurt am Main. Night train from Vienna to Paris three times a weekThe night train from Vienna to Paris departs the…

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The first neighboring country has copied Austria’s mandatory vaccination and is introducing one as well. However, it will not apply to all citizens. In Austria, the draft of the upcoming compulsory vaccination law has been available for a few hours. It is to be fixed with February 2022. All persons starting from the age of 14, who have their main domicile in Austria or have a main domicile confirmation, must be vaccinated. Each quarter, the law provides for a “vaccination cut-off date” on which all persons recorded in the vaccination…

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While Austria’s vaccination coverage rate is not at an all-time high, the country is among the leaders in terms of booster vaccinations. At almost 29 percent of the population, only Hungary has more people in the EU who have received a booster. However, the rapid pace at which rich countries are providing their populations with third-party vaccinations is also drawing criticism. In the EU and the USA, more people have now received a booster than are vaccinated in the whole of Africa, for example. There, the figure is said to…

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While Austria’s vaccination coverage rate is not at an all-time high, the country is among the leaders in terms of booster vaccinations. At almost 29 percent of the population, only Hungary has more people in the EU who have received a “booster.” The rapid pace at which rich countries are providing their populations with third-party vaccinations, however, is drawing criticism. That’s because more people in the EU and the U.S. have now received a booster than have been vaccinated in all of Africa. Just Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO)…

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Vienna is putting an end to the lockdown – at least partially – as early as next Sunday, as reported by the Austrian Press Agency. This Sunday, cultural and sports facilities as well as service providers will be allowed to reopen. Also those parts of the trade, which usually have open on Sunday, may do so. This applies, for example, to the Christmas markets. Vienna would have needed its own ordinanceMost recently, December 13, i.e. Monday, was mentioned as the day on which the curfew – at least in part…

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According to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), these can also be given after just three months. Notwithstanding current recommendations to administer the booster after six months, “currently available data support a safe and effective booster dose as early as three months after completion of basic immunization,” EMA Director of Immunization Strategy Marco Cavaleri said yesterday. Cavaleri also expressed optimism about an early approval for U.S. manufacturer Novavox’s Corona vaccine, which is one of the protein vaccines. It could happen this year, he said. That would add a fifth authorized Corona…

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U.S. health authorities have approved the use of a drug containing synthetic antibodies to protect people against corona infection. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency approval Wednesday (local time) for Evusheld, a drug developed by AstraZeneca. However, the agency warned the drug is “not a substitute” for people in whom vaccination is recommended. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) also launched a “rolling review” process on Evusheld ready in October. The drug may be used in the U.S. only in people with weakened immune systems or those who…

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