Category: General Interest

Tourism Minister Massimo Garavaglia urges that tourists with a PCR test less than 72 hours old be allowed to enter the country. Currently, the test must be less than 48 hours old, which causes many inconveniences, the minister said, according to media reports. With an extended season, Italy hopes to win back its guests and, in turn, revenue. Foreign tourists who stay in Italy for a longer period of time should be able to receive the second vaccination dose locally, Garavaglia stressed. He added that the regions are also able…

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According to the British government, the so-called delta variant of the coronavirus is 40 percent more contagious than the original form of the Covid 19 pathogen. The variant’s “growth advantage” is around 40 percent, according to findings by the Sage expert panel, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the BBC on Sunday. The U.K. has recently seen a significant increase in corona infection cases again. However, the number of hospitalizations is stable and mainly affects non-vaccinated people, Hancock said. The delta mutant first appeared in India and has recently increased its…

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The current amendment of the entry regulation brings further travel relaxations. The new regulations begun last Tuesday, 2 June 2021. For more countries, entry with 3-G proof – tested, recovered, vaccinated – but without mandatory quarantine will be possible. Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein said in a statement. This concerns the following countries: CroatiaLithuaniaNetherlandsSwedenCyprus Due to the improvement of the epidemiological situation on the ground, according to the amendment, all countries that are currently listed on Annex B1 (risk countries) will in the future be listed on Annex A (countries with…

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In Burgenland, pre-registration for Covid 19 vaccination is now available for twelve- to 15-year-olds. As soon as enough vaccine is available, they will also receive an appointment invitation. The goal is to have all those willing to be vaccinated by three weeks before school starts in the fall at the latest, the office of state governor Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) told APA on Saturday. Under-16s can now also be registered in the pre-registration system. However, they must still wait for an invitation to a vaccination appointment, because one is dependent…

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Today, SaturdayFor the most part, it will remain warm. However, the sun will shine only intermittently, it will be humid and there will be an increased tendency for showers and thunderstorms throughout Austria. In addition, a frontal extension will arrive from the west, bringing heavy rain first in Vorarlberg and Northern Tyrol and from late afternoon in Salzburg and Upper Austria. At the same time, a strong westerly wind will blow. In the night to Sunday, it will also be wet or thundery in the east. Highs: between 20 degrees…

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CoV vaccination also brings relief in quarantine rules. Vaccinated persons are longer have to be quarantined. However, an FFP2 mask requirement also applies outdoors. Normall, one has to spend 14 days in quarantine if you have had close contact with an infected person. You can save yourself with a “valid” vaccination, explains Ursula Karnthaler from the city’s health service (MA 15) to Radio Vienna: “That means a vaccination, where you can assume a protection: That is from the 22nd day after the initial vaccination.” However, an FFP2 mask must be…

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The Austrian Press Agency reports that 2.6 million self-tests were carried out last week in Austrian schools, just under 500 of which were also positive. However, a third of these are likely to be false positives. At schools, there have been 494 positive Corona self-tests in the week from last Friday to the day before yesterday, Wednesday. With a record number of 2.6 million tests conducted (previous week: 2.5 million), this was 110 “hits” less than the previous week (604). That translates into a rate of 0.02 percent (previous week:…

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Due to falling CoV infection figures, the German government on Sunday removed almost all of Austria as well as Italy and the Czech Republic from the list of risk areas. In addition, parts of Switzerland, Croatia and France will also be removed from the list. This was announced today by the Robert Koch Institute. Anyone coming to Germany by land from these areas will no longer have to observe any CoV entry restrictions. In addition, there are some overseas territories of France and the Netherlands, as well as the Vatican.…

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Data from Great Britain and India show that the COVID 19 mutation Delta should be taken seriously: it increases the risk of hospital admissions and is also significantly more infectious than other variants. Initially discovered in India, the delta variant of coronavirus may be more likely to cause more severe covid-19 disease, according to preliminary findings from Public Health England. “Initial evidence from England and Scotland suggests that there may be an increased risk of hospital admissions than with the alpha variant,” according to a recent risk assessment by Public…

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