Category: General Interest

Those who still have shopping to do on December 24, 2020, can still do so in various storesDecember 24 falls on a Thursday this year. In Vienna, there are still some opportunities to go shopping or get presents on Christmas Eve. We provide the info for last-minute shopping on December 24. Christmas tree sales in Vienna: Info Those who still have to get Christmas presents, groceries, a Christmas tree or the like on Christmas Eve still have a few hours to do so. Last-minute gifts can still be shopped for…

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Slightly relaxed CoV rules apply today and tomorrow (December 24 and 25). On these two days, nighttime curfew restrictions are completely lifted. Contact restrictions will also be significantly relaxed, with a maximum of ten people from up to ten different households allowed to meet. The rule of one meter distance is lifted, the mask obligation with meetings inside off the own private living range does not apply likewise. This also applies to barns, garden sheds and garages, which (like gardens) may exceptionally be used for meetings of more than two…

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The data from England prove what went through the media: The virus is spreading at breakneck speed – “Unfortunately, it doesn’t look good,” Germany’s best-known virologist Christian Drosten writes about it. But there is also good news: Contact reduction also helps in this case, says Drosten. In other words, the mutation does not currently change anything, as Hans-Peter Hutter, an environmental physician at MedUni Vienna, explains. Also, according to the English data, there were only six deaths out of 900 infected people, which confirms that the course is not made…

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On Monday, the first Covid-19 vaccine was approved in the EU – according to Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens), we are now facing a “huge opportunity”. By summer, “everyone who wants it” should have the opportunity to be vaccinated in Austria, Anschober said on ZIB2. Right at the beginning, Anschober called the vaccination a gift. In the spring, people had still dreamed of being vaccinated against the coronavirus. The goal, he said, is to achieve a vaccination coverage rate of 50 percent by summer. Austria will start vaccinations on December…

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Because of the huge rush, the Vienna city government has announced more testing opportunities for the next few days. In the test lanes near the Austria Center in Vienna, there will be more appointment slots before Christmas after all. This was announced by a spokesman for city health councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) on Tuesday. Until December 26, 1,000 additional appointments per day will be possible. Also the time for the next mass tests is now certain. The capacity expansion had become possible by the establishment of further walk-in lanes and…

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Coronavirus has reached a research station in Antarctica and now all continents. At least 36 CoV infected people have been registered at Chile’s Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme station. The infected are 26 members of the military and ten civilians of a maintenance company, Chilean media reported yesterday evening (local time) with reference to the army, which operates the station. For months, the southern continent had been one of the last places where it was possible to be calmly among people indoors. Stringent measures helped prevent a CoV outbreak. Countries with research…

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In Vienna, Lower and Upper Austria, the first people will also be vaccinated against Covid-19 on Sunday with the joint EU launch of the Corona vaccinations. The province of Tyrol expects the first of two necessary partial immunizations for individual high-risk people before the end of December. In the other five provinces, the first administrations of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine are expected to be carried out in the first half of January, a roundup revealed. In a first tranche, 10,000 doses of the vaccine will arrive in Austria shortly after Christmas,…

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New agreement of the Ministry of Culture with all 16 churches and religious groups for the containment of the corona virus is valid from December 28 to January 17 – Exemption for Orthodox Christmas. Vienna, 21.12.2020 – From December 28 to January 17, there will be no public religious services. The 16 churches and religious societies have agreed with the Ministry of Culture on Monday. The reason for this are the new tightenings for the containment of the Coronavirus. Thus, public worship services can take place as planned on Christmas…

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The EMA’s recommendation for the vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer was eagerly awaited. Yesterday afternoon, the green light was given: vaccination can begin.The next step is for the EU Commission to decide on the use of the preparation for all member countries – this is considered a formality and should happen before Christmas.Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) spoke of a “joyful day after ten months of hard fighting against the Corona pandemic”. He said that if the EU gives the green light, Austria will “swiftly begin distribution and the first vaccinations…

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