Category: General Interest

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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Vienna. The prospect of the 2-G regulation, which applies from today, Monday, already showed effect at the weekend. The rush at the vaccination centers was high throughout the country, there were sometimes long queues. On Saturday alone, 10,488 initial shots were administered. In total, nearly 32,000 vaccinations were administered nationwide on Saturday. In total, there were 213,000 vaccinations this week – the most since the beginning of August. Most of the vaccinations carried out on Saturday were “booster vaccinations” (17,113), according to the figures from the Ministry of Health. Here,…

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As of today, Monday, November 8, stricter Corona measures will apply in Austria with the 2G regulation. Those who are neither vaccinated nor recovered will be barred from virtually all public entertainment. We have all the questions and answers at a glance. Austria becomes a 2G countryIt took a long time, but Sunday evening the Ministry of Health presented the new rules that will apply from Monday to combat the Corona pandemic. Below is an overview. New Corona regulation: what will apply with the 2G rule in the future.What counts…

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As one of its new measures, the government has decided that in future the green passport will only be valid for nine months after the second vaccination, instead of the previous twelve. Thus, in order to show the G of valid vaccination protection, one will have to get a booster vaccination after nine months. For people who have received the vaccine from Janssen (= Johnson & Johnson), the following will apply from January 3, 2022: A second dose is needed for a valid green passport. At the beginning of the…

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The source of infection is unclear in the majority of corona cases: Only in 40 percent is this certain, as the current epidemiological clarification of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) shows.Accordingly, in the last week of October (calendar week 43 – October 25 to 31) reported infections could be determined in 39.6 percent of cases, how it came to the infection. The week before, the percentage of cleared cases was well over 50 percent. Success of contact tracingContact tracing was even more successful in the last week…

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