Category: General Interest

Starting Friday, an entry regulation comes into force. One must register online before traveling. This also applies to Austrians. The Foreign Ministry sent out a corresponding information to Austrians abroad on Monday afternoon. The quarantine obligation after entry remains in effect until further notice. Only after five days one can free oneself. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, commuters, transients, and persons arriving for urgent family matters that cannot be postponed, such as a funeral, will neither have to undergo the ten-day quarantine nor register. Individuals entering from a…

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Vacation travel during the Easter vacations will continue to be very limited in the view of the German government’s tourism commissioner, Thomas Bareiß (CDU), because of the pandemic. “I think that travel is something that is still very difficult to imagine for the next two or three months,” he said today on RTL and ntv’s “Frühstart” program. He does not expect things to improve until the second quarter, he said. “From Pentecost onward, it will be better again. And I hope that then the summer will be a very big…

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Easy and fast access to Corona testing is the order of the day. In front of this hospital, you can already get tested at a “COVID Automaten.” Anyone who finds a nasal swab uncomfortable and/or wants to take a proper PCR test instead of a rapid test can already do so quickly and easily at a vending machine in Austria. So far, however, only at one location, the Tauernklinikum in Zell am See (Salzburg). There, a “do it yourself” machine is located in front of the entrance, where you can…

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280,000 of 1.7 million affected people have already received mail and masks from the government. The campaign should be completed by the end of January Vienna – The announcement was made a long time ago: the government wanted to send free FFP2 masks to all people over the age of 65 living in Austria. Each person is to receive ten pieces, they will be delivered by mail. The idea is that older people will be better prepared for the Corona pandemic. Some masks have already been delivered throughout Austria, but…

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Pope Francis says he will receive a Covid-19 vaccination next week. He urged all people on Saturday to get vaccinated to protect not only their own lives but also those of everyone else. Pope Francis wants to get vaccinated against the coronavirus and urges all the faithful to do the same. “I think it’s ethical for everyone to get vaccinated. It is an ethical matter because one’s own health and also the lives of other people are at stake,” Pope Francis said in an interview with the TV channel “Canale…

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After the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol by radical supporters of President Donald Trump, the online service Twitter has drawn consequences: The personal account of the outgoing head of state has been “permanently” blocked, the California-based company announced. The reason for this was “the risk of further incitement to violence”. Shortly before the change of office in the White House, the Democrats are calling for a new impeachment trial against Trump. Criticism is also growing in the ranks of the Republicans. The decision to permanently block Trump’s Twitter account…

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Education Minister Heinz Faßmann announced at a press conference on Saturday that schools will receive five million free Corona self-tests starting January 18. The new “anterio-nasal tests” will allow a simple swab in the front of the nose. Students and teachers are to have the opportunity to take this test once a week on a voluntary basis. It is not yet clear when schools will return to face-to-face instruction. Simple self-testsThe new test works quite simple and is also not painful due to the removal in the front nose area:…

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In Vienna, access to the Corona mass tests will be facilitated because of the current manageable influx. Specifically, starting tomorrow, Sunday, the mandatory registration for the Marx Hall and Messe locations is no longer necessary. That is: Only for a virus check in the Stadthalle a fixed appointment booking in advance is necessary, as the office of Health City Councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) announced on Saturday afternoon. A spokesman explained that the Stadthalle is the smallest of the three test locations and consequently less flexible than the other two. This…

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The Philippines bans the entry of foreign travelers from Austria starting Jan. 10 to 15 due to the outbreak there of the new South African COVID-19 variant. Foreign passengers arriving directly from Austria, as well as those who have been there within 14 days immediately preceding arrival in the Philippines, will be restricted from entering the country starting 12 midnight of Jan. 10, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement Friday. Those who will arrive before Jan. 10 will be allowed to enter the country but they will be…

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