Category: General Interest

The Catholic churches in Austria remain open despite the rising numbers of Covid-19 infections: This was said by the chairman of the bishops’ conference, Franz Lackner, in a press conference on Friday. The self-imposed precautions are already stricter than the political guidelines, he said. In the first phase, a vaccine must be reserved for groups of people who particularly need it. At public Catholic services, both outdoors and indoors, a minimum distance of one and a half meters must be maintained and a mouth and nose protector must be worn.…

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Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) has described the latest pictures of large crowds of people in some shopping centers today as “alarming”. “We currently have a very high level of virological activity in Austria and therefore a high risk. We must therefore do everything possible to massively reduce contacts and reduce the risk. The pictures from last weekend must not be repeated this weekend,” warned Anschober today. “I appeal to the operators of shopping centers to protect the health of their customers and make appropriate preparations. The operators must ensure…

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Typhoon “Vamco” caused severe flooding in the Philippine capital Manila. Numerous streets of the metropolis of twelve million inhabitants were now highly flooded, some inhabitants were trapped on the roofs of their houses. The storm reached the island state yesterday with wind speeds of up to 155 kilometers per hour.At least one person was killed by the typhoon, according to the civil defense of the Southeast Asian country. This death was recorded in the province of Camarines Norte on the island of Luzon, where three other people were also missing…

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The European Union can purchase up to 300 million doses of the promising corona vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer. The EU Commission formally approved the framework agreement with the two companies on Wednesday, as EU circles confirmed. The EU states will thus be entitled to purchase the vaccine as soon as it is approved. It is not yet clear when this will happen. The EU agreement provides for the purchase of 200 million vaccine doses from Biontech/Pfizer and the option of a further 100 million doses. Under an EU agreement,…

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Over time we all got more or less used to wearing masks. But the more we have integrated it into our everyday life, the more careless many of us become when cleaning the mask. It is now known that corona viruses could survive for several days on certain surfaces. The best cleaning methods for masksThe viruses are killed at a temperature of 60 degrees and above, whether you wash them in the washing machine or by hand. For the latter method, take a bowl, put your used fabric mask in…

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Does a mouth and nose mask adorn your rearview mirror in the car? An insurance expert explains the risks involved Whether you walk past parked cars or are on the road: Again and again it is noticeable that people have a mouth and nose mask dangling from their rear view mirror. The advantage is obvious. If one has forgotten it at home, one can fall back on the spare mask at the mirror on the way. But is it even allowed to hang it there? Or does that limit road…

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In addition to the Czech Republic, Slovakia also includes Hungary, Poland and Austria on the list of “red” CoV risk countries. This was decided yesterday by the crisis management team (UKS), as the Minister of the Interior Roman Mikulec announced according to the news agency TASR. So far the Slovakian authorities had classified Vienna, Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Upper Austria and Lower Austria as risk regions. For these federal states there was the recommendation to refrain from avoidable trips there. Rapid tests planned at border crossingsIn the near future it is planned…

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As of today, stricter quarantine regulations apply when entering Bavaria from foreign CoV risk areas. Quarantine obligation will then apply in principle to all Bavarian returnees who have stayed in Tyrol or another risk area for longer than 24 hours, as well as to all foreigners who stay in Germany for longer than 24 hours. So far the period was twice as long. The duration of the quarantine was shortened for it – as in Austria – from 14 to ten days. Compulsory testing for commuters?In Bavaria, however, there is…

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More than 50 million infections with the novel coronavirus have already been detected worldwide since the outbreak in China in December 2019. Of the 50,010,400 registered corona infections, 1,251,980 were fatal, according to a census by the news agency AFP based on information from the authorities on Sunday. With 12.6 million confirmed corona infections, Europe is the world region most affected by the pandemic. More than 305,000 infected people have already died on the continent. In Latin America and the Caribbean, 11.6 million infections and 411,000 deaths were registered, in…

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