Category: General Interest

by Hector Pascua, with reports from orf.at According to information from Cyprus Tourism, Austria and Switzerland will be downgraded to level C starting Thursday. For trips from these countries to Cyprus, a negative PCR test and a two-week quarantine is required. On day 14 another PCR test must be performed. Tourist trips are almost impossible with this. Spain, France, Croatia and the Czech Republic also belong to category C. Austria had already been placed in category B in August. Cyprus carries out these risk assessments for CoV propagation on a…

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21 September 2020 – Vienna. The “Aktion scharf” against those who refuse to take action starts today. Anyone who does not comply with the new guidelines must expect severe penalties. Painful penalty for guests & restaurant owners➔ Guest: up to 3.600 Euro. who will be caught as a guest in a restaurant and disregards for instance the closing time (at the latest 1.00 o’clock in the morning), must pay up to 3,600 euro penalty. This is stated in the “Covid-19-Maßnahmengesetz”. ➔ Owners up to 30,000 euros. For the restaurant owners…

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Since midnight, further restrictions on the fight against the coronavirus and Covid-19 have been in place, affecting private parties, recreational activities, gastronomy and markets and fairs. The government hopes that this will prevent a second lockdown. Minister of Health Rudolf Anschober expressed confidence “that we will not fall into a second wave”. At private events without assigned and marked seats, only ten people are now allowed, instead of the previous 50. According to the Ministry of Health, this includes “social activities in groups”, such as yoga classes, Zumba lessons, card…

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For Austrians, roughly four categories apply when entering other countries. For Viennese there are exceptions in many places. But there are also differences on the return journey. The spectrum ranges from free entry to entry only in exceptional cases. Only for Viennese there are extra requirements, because the federal capital was classified as a risk area by some countries like Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. But vice versa as well. If Austrians may enter for example in Sweden, Croatia or Romania, a Corona test is required upon return.Entering Hungary, Finland and…

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Does the regulation requires how many people I can invite to my home? No. The regulation does not affect the private living area – private parties at home are possible without restriction. Nevertheless, the government relies on personal responsibility. Is it true that from Monday onwards I will have to wear a mouth and nose protector everywhere outdoors? No. The obligation to wear masks outdoors only applies at trade fairs and markets. In addition, if no distance can be kept, such as at demonstrations. The compulsory mask is also required…

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Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) is convinced that in the first half of 2021 not only a corona vaccine will be researched but also approved and used in Europe. He made this forecast regarding the further fight against the corona pandemic on Saturday after a meeting with the heads of leading pharmaceutical companies in Basel at the end of his visit to Switzerland. Meeting with heads of pharmaceutical companiesAfter a meeting with representatives of the pharmaceutical companies Roche, Novartis and Lonza, the Chancellor expressed his satisfaction with the state of…

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Almost 200 positively tested students in Vienna alone. And there were also around 3,600 suspected cases. At the schools, there were 455 corona cases in the first two weeks of the school year. This was announced by the Ministry of Education in a mailing on Friday. 372 of these cases concerned students, 58 teachers and 25 administrative staff. In addition, there were about 3,600 suspected cases. The most confirmed infections were in Vienna, where 198 students, 15 teachers and 17 administrative staff members tested positive. This was followed by Upper…

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Taxi voucher, restaurant voucher – both checked off. Now comes the Vienna repair voucher. The city pays up to 100 euros to anyone who has defective items – from dishwashers, hair dryers and smartphones to TV chairs with holes – repaired by registered companies. The voucher is redeemable starting Monday, 21 September 2020. How the voucher works: The voucher can be downloaded from September 21 on at mein.wien.gv.at/wienerreparaturbon. It can be redeemed in all partner stores that are members of the Vienna Repair Network (www.reparaturnetzwerk.at). All of them are local…

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Where do I have to wear a mask, and does this apply throughout Austria? Throughout Austria in public places, in the health sector, in retail or customer areas, in schools outside of classes, at events, demos and services (hairdresser), if no distance is possible. What are the consequences if my district gets a different color? No immediate effects. A change is an indication that the situation and the associated risk of infection will relax or worsen. The commission recommends measures, but these do not come into force automatically. Who decides…

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