Category: General Interest

Austria refrains from further nationwide steps in the Corona crisis for the time being. The provinces of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland will hold another summit to discuss their own measures. Corona summit without resultsAfter the Corona summit of the federal government and the states on how to further combat the pandemic, it is now clear: for the time being, there will be neither relaxations nor tightenings. However, further “measures” will be discussed between the Ministry of Health and the states of the eastern region in a summit, as Chancellor…

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A new study shows that the Covid 19 vaccine has one hundred percent efficacy against severe disease progression.The Covid 19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has higher efficacy than previously determined and does not lead to a higher risk of thrombosis, according to a new study. The company presented study results determined in the U.S., Chile and Peru on Monday. AstraZeneca’s vaccine has not yet been approved in the U.S., and the company now plans to start the process needed to do so. No hits…

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Processions allowed under guarantee of two-meter distance and FFP2 mask obligation – No foot washing on Holy Thursday – Will it be possible to celebrate the traditional services of Holy Week this year? The Austrian bishops have now given a clear and positive answer to this question, which has been troubling many believers after the cancellation of public services last year: “The celebrations of Holy Week and Easter are possible under the conditions of the currently valid framework regulations of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference for the celebration of public services,…

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Officially, no decision will be made until Monday. Officially, they want to determine how to proceed in the fight against the Corona pandemic only in discussion with experts and provincial governors. But already on Saturday, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober once again confirmed what experts like virologist Dorothee von Laer have been preaching for days: The Corona numbers are simply too bad to think about any relief. On Saturday, the number of new infections was 3,344 cases, exceeding 3,000 for the fourth time in a row, and in a situation like…

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According to the figures made public yesterday by the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), of the 18,577 coronavirus infections officially registered in Austria during calendar week ten (March 8-14), 29.5 percent, or nearly one in three, were asymptomatic. In 63.6 percent of cases, the route of infection could be clarified. 10,377 infections could be assigned to a cluster (an accumulation of cases within a certain period in a certain region, note). This was significantly more than in previous weeks. The figures show that the private household is still…

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The government is apparently planning to relax the rules at Easter. The rules will be based on those that were in place at Christmas. Chief Medical Officer Katharina Reich presented plans to that effect to the Traffic Light Commission on Thursday, according to meeting minutes that became public on Friday. Religious events are to be held outdoors – where possible. Nighttime curfew restrictions had been lifted completely on Dec. 24 and 25. In addition, the contact restrictions were significantly relaxed: a maximum of ten people from up to ten different…

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After the latest planned amendment to the Epidemic and COVID-19 Measures Act passed the National Council’s Health Committee on Thursday with the votes of the ÖVP and the Greens, the corresponding ordinance was also published on Friday, and it will apply from April 11. The nightly exit restriction is still in place. That means: The private living area may be left between 20.00 o’clock and 06.00 o’clock of the following day only for the well-known exceptional reasons. As a result, retailers must also still close at 19.00 at the latest.…

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Messenger drops support for iOS 9 with latest update. Owners of old iPhones will soon have to do without Messenger WhatsApp. From version 2.21.50 of WhatsApp, iOS 10 or higher is a mandatory requirement. This means that the messenger says goodbye to the iPhone 4s, which cannot be upgraded to iOS 10. All those who still use such an old iPhone will therefore no longer be able to use the app. About supported operating systems We provide support for and recommend using the following devices: Android running OS 4.0.3 and…

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Since early March, pharmacies have been offering five free coronavirus self-tests per person per month. The problem, however, is that the tests were out of stock shortly after the promotion started. Even now, they are still hard to come by due to supply issues. But “things are tending to get better,” according to a spokesman for the Austrian Chamber of Pharmacists. Fix seems to be that there should be 3,600 tests this week for each of the 1,400 pharmacies in Austria. The delivery problems and associated delays last week were…

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