Category: General Interest

The antigen mass testing planned for Wednesday in Vienna will be postponed by two days. As the “Kronen Zeitung” reported and a spokesman for Health City Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) confirmed to the APA on Saturday, the tests are now scheduled to start on Friday, December 4 The IT system could apparently not be put into operation earlier, the office of the Health City Council told the “Krone”. Previously, on Saturday, the Mayor of Vienna, Michael Ludwig (SPÖ), had defended the fact that the coronavirus “mass tests” in Vienna would…

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The UK government has commissioned a review of AstraZeneca’s vaccine results, as reported by CNBC – an essential step to demonstrate safety, efficacy and quality. The review is being carried out by the UK’s independent medicines regulatory body. Prior to the announcement by the British Ministry of Health, doubts about the design of the studies and the efficacy of the vaccine were increasingly raised. The Group had previously announced that an efficacy of around 90 percent could be achieved. There were no serious side effects. When the values from Phase…

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Minister of Culture Werner Kogler assumes that the New Year’s Concert will take place in 2021 – but before empty ranks. If Salzburg can play Bayern Munich in an empty stadium, the New Year’s Concert must also be possible, he said in the “Tiroler Tageszeitung” (Saturday edition). “Well, I think there will be a New Year’s Concert, but I fear without an audience.” The Philharmonic had recently emphasized that they would also play in the empty Vienna Musikverein if necessary. Riccardo Muti (79) will conduct the concert on January 1…

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Brussels/Vienna. According to Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP), the goal in the fight against the corona pandemic is to return to normality in Austria by summer 2021. All federal states would carry out mass tests before Christmas, “faster than expected”, said Kurz on Friday after a video conference with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The perspective he mentioned in the Sonmer, “light at the end of the tunnel”, was becoming “increasingly probable”. Kurz expects steps towards more normality through the vaccinations from month to month. Hopefully, by the…

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On Friday afternoon, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that he was “well prepared” for the distribution of a vaccine against Covid-19. During a visit to Kwizda Pharmadistribution in Leopoldsdorf (district Bruck a. d. Leitha) he stated that corresponding processes “up to the doctors who carry out the vaccinations” were professionally planned. Kurz repeated once again the assessment that a vaccination against Covid-19 would be a game changer. In terms of vaccination coverage, 70 percent is a “critical value”: “I am confident that we will reach this level. “We are ready…

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Good news for those in quarantine (and those who don’t feel like cooking): food and drugstore products can now be delivered by 10 pm on Saturdays. Previously this was only possible until 18 o’clock. The corresponding adjustments to the working hours of delivery services will take effect from tomorrow, the Ministry of Labor announced on Friday evening. For the time being, the new regulation will apply until the end of the year. This will ensure that even people who cannot leave their homes due to a corona infection, an officially…

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Bargains. Record day: Black Friday is probably the cheapest bargain day of the year. The stores are closed because of the lockdown, though the online stores are stormed by mouse clicks. According to the Klarna study, every second Austrian wants to strike today for bargains. Interesting: Men want to spend 101 euros more than women. 51% want to get a part of the Christmas presents. Upper Austrians are the most willing to spend (334 Euro).Do good. Black Friday is a day on which the domestic economy can be helped with…

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Instead of treating the Covid 19 vaccine as an obligation, this will only be recommended by the federal goverment. The Ministry of Social Affairs has sent a corresponding decree in review this afternoon, comments can be submitted until December 10. This will improve the chances of compensation in the event of vaccination damage. Admittedly, the immunizations approved so far in Austria have proven to be largely safe, as can be seen from the figures given in the explanations of the regulation. According to these figures, only 88 people currently receive…

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The 100-inhabitant community of Fucking in Upper Austria is known worldwide because of its name. Fucking has received so much attention over the years – and caused so many bad jokes and rather unwanted visitors from the residents. New name from 1 January 2021The Tarsdorf municipal council decided on November 17, 2020, the name Fucking will disappear from the place name signs, at the request of the population. “The local council has decided to rename the village Fucking to the place name Fugging with effect from 01 .01.2021.” According to…

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