Category: General Interest

Austria is still in winter time until the end of March. Then it will be over again. In the night from Saturday, March 27, 2021, to Sunday, March 28, 2021, the clock will be set at 2 o’clock to 3 o’clock. Then daylight saving time will apply again – it will be warmer again, the days longer and the nights shorter. Winter time will still prevail in Austria until the end of March. In the night from October 24 to 25, 2020, we were able to sleep an extra hour…

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Vorarlberg’s gastronomy sector is allowed to serve its guests again as of today, Monday. The opening applies to both indoor and outdoor areas. However, an evening operation is not possible due to the upright exit restriction – from 20.00 o’clock one must be at home. Mainly because of this restriction, more than half of the restaurateurs are likely to refrain from opening up initially because it is not economically viable to do so. Events with up to 100 visitors are also permitted again. Cinema and theater operators have already published…

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Picture: religion.orf.atOn the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines, Pope Francis celebrated Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday. It was attended by just over 100 faithful, mostly Filipinos living in Rome. In his homily, Francis thanked the Christians of the Southeast Asian country, which has the third largest Catholic population in the world, for their contribution to the universal Church. He specifically mentioned Filipino women who live and work in Rome; they are true “flag bearers of the faith.” “The more you love, the more…

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Anyone who didn’t agree to WhatsApp’s updated terms of service and privacy policy starting Monday will have their account put on hold and deleted after 120 days. Policy Changes: WhatsApp offers the ability to chat with businesses, for example, to make purchases. WhatsApp promises “more clarity” about how it collects, shares and uses data – which means the privacy policy has become more detailed. Just like on other messenger services, you have a “self-deleting messages” feature. You can also control who adds you to groups. WhatsApp assures that the “privacy…

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The number of Covid 19 vaccinations in Austria will have surpassed one million over the weekend, the Health Ministry reported in a release on Saturday. “Yesterday we reached a daily record of almost 50,000 vaccinations, and meanwhile one million vaccinations have already been carried out,” the department said. The number of daily vaccinations is consistently increasing as planned, it added. The number of 500,000 Corona vaccinations was exceeded in Austria three weeks ago. The delivery would now also increase sharply: In March, there will be a total of more than…

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On Friday, the 3,000 mark was surpassed for the first time in three months with 3,126 new infections. From Friday to Saturday, Austria again registered more than 3,000 new infections: 3,023 new cases were reported within 24 hours. On Saturday, the 7-day incidence was 199.17. At the beginning of February, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober named an incidence of 200 as a clear upper limit above which the lockdown would have to be tightened again throughout Austria. On Monday, talks between the government and experts, the opposition and provincial governors are…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) will be vaccinated with the coronavirus vaccine currently under discussion from the manufacturer AstraZeneca. “I have a clear picture here,” Kurz said. “After there are many people who are worried, I will also get vaccinated with AstraZeneca to show that I have confidence in the vaccine,” the chancellor stressed Friday. AstraZeneca is “used in many countries around the world.” Whether to be vaccinated is a highly personal decision that everyone must make for themselves, Kurz said. Several countries have suspended vaccination with AstraZeneca. Most recently, however,…

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About 12 million women worldwide have had difficulty accessing contraception because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to United Nations estimates. That has led to about 1.4 million unwanted pregnancies, according to a report released yesterday (local time) by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). The pandemic has caused disruptions in family planning services in 115 low- and middle-income countries, it said. This, it said, was due to such things as travel restrictions, supply chain disruptions, shortages of medicines and congestion at health facilities. Especially for the lives of women in poorer…

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The Corona Traffic Light Commission expects the significant increase in coronavirus case numbers to continue. At the same time, with the exception of Vorarlberg, Austria is already at “very high risk” and thus remains largely red. Current corona incidencesA withdrawal of the relaxation of the visiting rules in the hospitals is to be considered, it was said from the committee after the weekly meeting Thursday afternoon. This is in case the increasing burden on intensive care units continues. South African variant now spreading in Upper Austria and ViennaThe South Africa…

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