Category: General Interest

The delta variant of the coronavirus, which first appeared in India, is expected to spread significantly in Europe over the summer, according to the EU health agency ECDC. “It is very likely that the delta variant will circulate strongly during the summer,” ECDC Director Andrea Ammon said Wednesday. She said this is especially true for younger people who are not among the target groups for vaccination campaigns. This could cause a risk that more vulnerable people could become infected and experience a serious course of the disease or die if…

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The free test offer is to be scaled back in Austria as vaccination progresses. Those who do not get vaccinated would then have to test at their own expense, demands Municipal Association President Alfred Riedl. Corona tests over summer free of chargeThe federation of municipalities wants to reduce the free test infrastructure in the municipalities with continuous inoculation progress. Over the summer the free test offers are still to be maintained, “we owe that to the tourism”, said community federation president Alfred Riedl to the “newspaper “Kurier”. Afterwards this will…

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Short-term parking zones will be introduced almost across the board in Vienna in spring 2022. This means that personnel will also be needed – in addition to more parking sheriffs, more administrative staff will be needed. Area-wide short-term parking sticker is fixedNext spring, Vienna will become a “Parkpickerl” area – i.e. a short-stay parking zone with an exemption for residents in the respective districts. In the future, the corresponding area will be twice as large as before. This makes the increase of the personnel resources necessary, as the office of…

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AstraZeneca’s vaccine protects against the Delta and Kappa variants of the virus, according to the company. That’s according to an antibody study by Oxford University, it said in a statement yesterday. Both variants were initially detected in India. India, meanwhile, classifies a newly detected virus variant as a cause for concern. The mutation, unofficially called “delta plus,” has been detected in 16 cases in Maharashtra state and is more easily transmissible, said Rajesh Bhushan, India’s federal health minister. A total of nearly two dozen infections have now been detected in…

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For US-Americans, Serbs and citizens of nine other countries, easier entry will be possible again starting tomorrow. This is provided for in an amendment to the entry regulation, which will be issued during the evening, as the Ministry of Health announced today. In addition to the U.S., Serbia, northern Macedonia, Albania, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam will also be added to the list of safe countries. Free entry with 3-G proof (vaccinated, tested, recovered) is thus possible for citizens of these countries. The amendment comes…

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Hungary has largely lifted a border closure imposed in September last year over the Corona pandemic. People can enter Hungary by land from any neighboring country except Ukraine without conditions or restrictions, according to a decree issued by Prime Minister Viktor Orban that appeared in the Hungarian Official Gazette late Tuesday night. It came into force immediately after its publication. The border closure applied mainly to tourists. There were numerous exceptions for business travelers, commuters, diplomats and athletes. Tourist entries by plane, however, are still not possible. Regardless of the…

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The forecast severe weather arrived in parts of Salzburg, Upper Austria and Lower Austria early Tuesday evening. At first, mainly the Flachgau, the Innviertel and the Salzkammergut were affected and later also the Mostviertel and northern Lower Austria. A violent thunderstorm cell had formed around Lake Fuschl and Lake Matt. The storm moved with squalls and hail over Zell am Moos towards Seewalchen am Attersee. The hailstones, up to four centimeters in size, damaged cars and smashed through glass panes. At the same time, strong thunderstorms also occurred in the…

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Cuba reports an important success in the fight against coronavirus. A new vaccine surpasses the efficacy of the recently introduced preparation. It is on par with the Biontech preparation, raising hopes on the island. The vaccine candidate Abdala, developed in Cuba, has an efficacy of more than 90 percent against the coronavirus, according to the state-owned pharmaceutical company Biocubafarma. With three doses of vaccine, the efficacy is 92.28 percent, the company said. The study involved 48,010 volunteers between the ages of 19 and 80. The three doses were administered 14…

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In Vienna, 18- to 30-year-olds can register for the Corona vaccination starting Wednesday. There are 35,000 vaccination appointments available for this group starting next Monday, June 28. Young adults will be immunized with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Here, only one vaccination is needed for full protection. Corona vaccination premiere at the Austria CenterAlready from Tuesday, children and young people between twelve and 19 years can register for the vaccination. On Friday, the first stitches will be taken at the Austria Center, using the vaccine from Biontech/Pfizer. There are 10,000…

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