Category: General Interest

Vienna and Lower Austria end the hard lockdown on Monday. This means that stores and body-related service providers are allowed to open up again, just like in the rest of Austria. Museums, libraries and leisure businesses such as zoos will also open. The lockdown of restaurants and hotels remains, however, as in all of Austria with the exception of Vorarlberg, at least until May 19. Masks and spacing remain mandatory indoors. Rising vaccination numbers feed the hope that lockdowns are now over. However, a new closure is not completely ruled…

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In Nickelsdorf, for the first time, there are three cases of concrete suspicion of the Indian corona virus mutation. In Salzburg, there is also said to be a second suspected case. Indian mutation suspected in AustriaThis was the result of an initial examination by the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), confirmed the coordination staff coronavirus in the afternoon. “The affected persons are in a family relationship and are segregated by the authorities.” PCR test station set up in the municipal office NickelsdorfIn the environment of the infected persons,…

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The storm center has issued a storm warning for the federal capital, with winds peaking at up to 100 km/h. From Sunday morning to Sunday afternoon, the wind from west to northwest will reach gale force at times with peak gusts of 80 to 100 km/h. Especially the two districts of Donaustadt and Favoriten will be affected. The following effects should be noted: ➤ Trees may be uprooted, larger branches may break off. ➤ Roofs and chimneys may be damaged, larger objects may also fly around, signs and advertising boards…

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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) announced on Saturday on the sidelines of a media appointment in Vienna that supermarket employees will be among the first to get their turn at company vaccinations against Sars-CoV-2. “Because these were also heroines and heroes in the Corona crises,” as the chancellor said. Operational vaccinations will begin “as early as May.” Vaccination against the virus “is progressing steadily,” Kurz held. And he reiterated, “Everyone who wants to be vaccinated will be able to be vaccinated by the end of the second quarter.” Meanwhile, the…

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Austria ends the lockdown on 19 May. When this takes effect what are the rules for the Corona vaccinated, tested and recovered from the infection. For gastronomy, events and body-related service providers, test certificates will be needed as access tests, according to the Ministry of Health. These access tests are to offer after the Vorarlberger model these possibilities: Either have a self-test with digital evidence valid for a maximum of 24 hours, an antigen test valid for 48 hours or a PCR test valid for a maximum of 72 hours.…

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More than three million vaccinations have now been given in Austria in the fight against the Corona pandemic. This was announced by Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein on Friday. The vaccination coverage rate in the Austrian population was thus above 25 percent as of 0:00 on April 30. According to the E-vaccination passport, 2,225,301 people have received at least partial vaccination, 828,984 and thus 9.3 percent of Austrians are fully immunized. More than 46,000 Corona vaccinations on average per dayAccording to Mückstein, 1.2 million stings against SARS-CoV-2 were administered in April…

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The Philippine government will lift starting May 1, 2021 its entry ban on foreign nationals. This was announced by Malacañang on Friday.   All those coming from India will not be permitted to enter the country. The Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) has lifted the entry ban on foreigners through Resolution 113, as health experts noted the decreasing number of reported coronavirus infections in recent days. These are the requirements for entry as approved by the inter-agency task force on Thursday. Palace spokesman Harry…

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Weather warning for large parts of Austria. Sunday will be ‘very turbulent’. An unsettled weather for the time being, but with temperatures corresponding to the season, determines the beginning of the weekend. Sunday will then be “very turbulent” with the arrival of a cold front, says the forecast of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG). The forecast in detailToday, Friday, clouds will remain and in places along the northern side of the Alps as well as in the north and east some rain will still fall. During the…

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more people in Europe have now been fully vaccinated against coronavirus than have been confirmed to be infected with the virus. The first infections in the European Region were reported 462 days ago, said Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe. Since then, he said, the virus has been detected in 5.5 percent of the total European population, while seven percent have been fully vaccinated. For the first time in two months, the WHO said, the number of new infections has also dropped…

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