Category: General Interest

At exactly 6.31 a.m. local time, 90-year-old Margaret Keenan received the country’s first vaccination against the corona virus at University Hospital Coventry. In a logistical effort similar to military ventures, the British authorities have already brought 800,000 doses of the promising vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech into the country since the vaccine was approved a week ago. They are to be administered in the coming days. Only recipients will be medical personnel and citizens over 80 years of age. Among them are Queen Elizabeth, 94, and her 99-year-old husband Prince Philip. Both…

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Since Monday, new rules for the everyday life of Austrians have been in effect once again this year. AustrianPress provides answers to some of the questions raised by our readers: Is it possible to travel via the “Große or Kleine Deutsche Eck?” when I want to go to Voralrberg? Yes, says the ÖAMTC. There is no quarantine when passing through Germany. The situation can change, information under www.oeamtc.at. The government has announced new entry regulations. What will then apply to 24-hour nurses?The new entry regulation to apply from December 19…

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The code number for how contagious a person infected with SARS-CoV-2 is the Ct-value (“cycle threshold”), which is determined in a PCR test. It is calculated from the number of times a sample (nasal/throat swab) must be repeated in the laboratory to detect the virus. The more often the procedure is used to find pathogens, the fewer of them are present – i.e. less of them are passed on. If there is a high viral load, a positive result is seen earlier, and the person affected is considered to be…

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A study carried out at the University Hospital of Innsbruck concludes that CoV genes have stable long-term immunity. The results are in line with international findings, explained study leader Florian Deisenhammer in the APA interview. This has consequences for practical applications, for example when working in exposed areas or when vaccinating. The study was initiated by the Neurology Laboratory and conducted in cooperation with the University Hospital for Psychiatry II and the Institute of Virology. “The 29 study participants were on average 44 years old and all of them had…

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Already in the morning many Austrians took advantage of this for shopping. There were long queues in front of stores and traffic jams on the side streets. On Mariahilfer Strasse, many people went shopping – in front of some stores you even had to queue. Already in the morning there was much more going on than on a “normal” Monday, until noon the shopping street was noticeably filled up. The big run after almost three weeks of lockdown did not happen for the time being. Queues formed in front of…

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The mass testing of educators has not yet been fully completed. So far, 300 people, or 0.24 percent of those tested, have a positive result. Education Minister Heinz Faßmann said in a press conference on Monday that a number of schools in the country opened up after several weeks of hard lockdown. “School is not an operating room”Regarding the recently valid mask obligation for pupils and teachers, Fassman says: “I receive mails from parents who strictly reject the masks for children, but without suggesting an alternative. It rings through in…

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Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve the nightly Corona exit restrictions are lifted. However, the time of day until which it is allowed to celebrate will be fixed. Starting today, the hard lockdown ends, but until 6 January there will be a night curfew from 8 pm to 6 am. As announced in the press conference this week, there will be an exception to this exit restriction on December 24, 26 and 31. It is still open, what exactly this means, i.e. up to which time one may celebrate Christmas…

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When the retail sector opens up again today, Monday, the Lower Austrian police will significantly increase their staff in shopping centers in the province. In this context, Chief Inspector Johann Baumschlager, in a conversation with the APA, referred to the necessity of monitoring the corona measures. He also said that there are traffic concepts for traffic jams, especially at the SCS in Vösendorf (Mödling district). Last but not least, Baumschlager said, security services in malls were supported. The chief inspector also made an appeal to consumers: Non-essential purchases should not…

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The influx to the mass tests in Vienna is also rather low on Sunday. 19,550 people (as of Sunday morning) have registered for a test appointment at one of the three locations for the mass tests, as the city hall informed the APA at noon. To illustrate: the daily capacity is designed for 150,000 tests. According to the preliminary interim results, 79 positive cases – verified by PCR tests – were found on the first two days of testing. The results in detail: On Friday a total of 107 PCR…

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