Category: General Interest

The City of Vienna is offering vaccination campaigns in numerous municipal buildings starting next week. The goal is to offer the Corona vaccination to many tenants in an uncomplicated way. Vaccinations will take place from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day. Vaccination action starts in the ReumannhofThe prelude takes place in the Reumannhof in Margareten. Just under ten other municipal buildings are currently on the list, with more likely to be added, according to City Hall. Vaccination will take place on the respective days from 11:00 to 20:00. Two…

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Friday marks the end of the security phase at schools in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. However, testing will continue. School started again in eastern Austria on Sept. 6 with a three-week safety phase. Students are tested three times a week and masks are mandatory outside the classroom. This safety phase ends on Friday. Starting next Monday, the classification into three different risk levels will decide on measures such as compulsory testing or masks. According to ÖVP Education Minister Heinz Faßmann, however, the testing program for unvaccinated students will continue…

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A late summer weekend with highs up to 27 degrees Celsius will be followed by an unsettled work week. According to the forecast of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) on Thursday, the first spring clouds will already appear in the west on Sunday afternoon as a harbinger for a start of the week that will be somewhat cooler and have more precipitation than the days before. Although denser clouds of a weakened disturbance will arrive on Friday with a taut northwesterly flow, especially north of the Danube.…

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In past six months, nearly 400 forgeries of 3G proofs have been uncovered. Starting today, police will crack down on 3G forgeries. There will be increased checks on the authenticity of 3G proofs in restaurants. The checks will be carried out by police officers together with health authorities. This was announced by Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) on Wednesday. The proofs are to be controlled “lastingly”. That means that also punished, Nehammer warned of consequences from fines to imprisonment. The probability of being caught is high, he said. Police assume…

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Now the iPhone 13 models are here and the question arises, will an older Apple phone do and when is the best time to buy one. Apple presented its new iPhone generation last week. The iPhone 13 comes again in a total of 4 different versions. We have compared the individual models with each other and compared them to the previous models. We also took a detailed look at the price development of the previous iPhones. Here again are the official prices of the current iPhone models with 128 GB…

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From October, stricter Corona rules will apply in Vienna. In retail, it is once again: FFP2 mask on for all customers. And it will be uncomfortable for the unvaccinated. The mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig (SPÖ), continues to go his own way when it comes to Corona. And that will lead there from October 1: In the future, an antigen test will no longer be sufficient for a visit to a restaurant, because in the restaurant, customers and waiters will have to be vaccinated, recovered or PCR-tested! In the night…

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From October 1, stricter measures will apply . Night catering and bar operations 2G (Vaccinated or recovered) for customers, for employees 2.5G (Vaccinated, recovered or PCR-tested)2G (Vaccinated or Convalescent) for events with 500 people or more (regardless of whether indoor or outdoor, also no distinction whether assigned seating or not), for employees the 2.5G (Vaccinated, Convalescent or PCR-tested) applies 2.5G (vaccinated, recovered or PCR-tested) in all areas where 3G was previously valid Antigen tests are defacto only valid for children under 12 years. (For children up to 12 years nothing…

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From October 1, the Vatican will be open only to people who have a valid coronavirus passport. As the Holy See announced today, every resident, employee or visitor to the Papal States must use it to prove vaccination against Covid-19, recovery or a negative test. Certificates include a “green passport” issued by the Vatican, as well as the EU’s “green passport” or other foreign certificates. The Vatican announced entry controls by its own gendarmerie corps. An exception to the new rules applies only to those times when believers attend masses…

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The relaxation should still be announced on Monday, reported the “Financial Times”, “Politico” and CNN. They are to apply from November. The far-reaching entry ban had been imposed at the beginning of the Corona pandemic in early 2020 by then U.S. President Donald Trump and has so far been maintained by his successor Joe Biden. The travel industry, among others, had long called for a relaxation, at least for travelers vaccinated against the Corona virus. Initially, media had reported about it: “Politico” referred to EU diplomats, the “Financial Times” and…

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