Category: General Interest

With Carinthia and Styria, Belgium today also put the last two federal states on the red list of risk areas. As the Foreign Ministry confirmed to the APA, the regulation, which corresponds to a level six travel warning, comes into force tomorrow afternoon. This means that from that time on, a ten-day quarantine can be imposed on travellers entering Belgium from Austria. According to the Foreign Ministry, due to congestion at the test centers, the obligation to test after entering from “red zones” is temporarily suspended for asymptomatic persons until…

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If the official Corona traffic light of the Federal Government shows “red” for a region, this means that there are “uncontrolled outbreaks and a widespread spread of the virus”. If this is the case, the following 11 steps come into force immediately: The minimum distance of a meter is to be kept to all household strangers. In all public transport, stores, social and health facilities, public areas, enclosed spaces, at events and when in contact with risk groups – i.e. basically everywhere except at home or in nature – the…

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Switzerland takes the federal states of Vienna, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Burgenland and Salzburg, which have been classified as risk areas since September, off its red list. Under the new regulation, which comes into force tomorrow, persons from all regions of Austria can again enter Switzerland without quarantine requirements, according to the website of the Foreign Ministry in Vienna and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). In future, the Swiss Federal Council will only include on its risk list states and territories whose 14-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants is…

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EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described the situation with regard to the coronavirus as serious. The situation is “very serious now”, von der Leyen said today, but: “It is still” up to “contain the spread”. The states are now to be supported with 100 million euros in the procurement of rapid tests. For von der Leyen there are currently “two enemies”: the coronavirus itself and an “increasing tiredness” to follow the precautionary measures. She is “impressed” by what people put up with, they pay a “high price –…

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In the fight against the Corona crisis, EU Council President Charles Michel urgently calls for a common line of the 27 EU states on quarantine rules, tests and tracing apps. So far the desired results have not yet been achieved, Michel criticized on Tuesday. Now decisive action is called for, because “every day counts”. With rapidly increasing corona infections, first intensive care units in Europe have already reported an overload. These include provinces in Belgium, Great Britain and the Czech Republic. Michel expressed extreme concern ahead of the Corona video…

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The majority of the population believes that the pandemic will change our lives in the long term 87 percent of Austrians believe that the wearing of protective masks in everyday life will remain commonplace even after the corona crisis. This is shown by a recent survey of the IMAS Institute. In total, around three out of four fellow countrymen expect the pandemic to change our everyday life in the long term.90% think that we will be more sensitive to sick and coughing people in the future, 80% that welcome kisses…

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Spain announces a health emergency, France counts more than 50,000 new infections per day for the first time. But with the numbers, resistance is growing as well. In Melbourne, the almost four-month lockdown can be ended. No new infections, no new deaths were reported there on Monday. During the night on Wednesday, the curfews in the Australian metropolis are lifted. In India, too, which has been severely affected, the number of infections has finally fallen compared to last week. The incidence of infection in Europe is again increasing dramatically. In…

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Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, pharmaceutical companies and researchers worldwide have been working on therapies against Covid-19, and there is now greater clarity about some of them. However, a miracle cure has not yet been found. Dexamethasone (and corticoids)The steroid dexamethasone has shown promise in early studies in patients requiring oxygen – the only drug proven to reduce mortality. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Medicines Agency therefore advocate its use. According to the studies, however, it could possibly only work in the most severe cases.…

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In view of tomorrow’s national holiday, the head of state of Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen appealed downwards to comply with the coronavirus rules. Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) called for further measures if the increase in the number of infected persons was not to be slowed down. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) appealed to reduce contacts during school vacations and to refrain from Halloween parties. Van der Bellen asked in a letter circulated in the media for understanding not to be able to celebrate the national holiday as…

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