City of Vienna pays now up to 100 euro for repairs

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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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COVID 19 in Austria: Questions and Answers

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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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CORONA NUMBERS INCREASE: Anschober excludes second lockdown

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The WHO reports a worldwide record of current corona cases. In Austria, too, the number of infected persons continues to rise rapidly. How likely is a second lockdown in Austria? Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) answered this question in the ORF #brennpunkt-Talk on Wednesday with a clear no. “We want and can avoid a second lockdown with all our might”, said Anschober, who added: “if we are consistent and help everyone together”. It is a question of solidarity whether one uses a mouth and nose protector. The basic understanding that…

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Vienna is now a risk city: Germany issues travel warning for Vienna

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Now returnees need to have a current negative test. As long as there is no negative result, they must remain in self-isolation for a maximum of 14 days. In view of the high number of new infections, Vienna is now officially considered a corona risk area in Germany. This is evident from the list of risk areas updated on Wednesday evening and maintained by the German Robert Koch Institute (RKI). “The federal state of Vienna is considered a risk area”, the institute’s website states. Entering the country from risk areas…

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Germany declares Vienna a risk area

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Berlin is reacting to the rising corona numbers in Vienna. The official decision is to be announced in the afternoon. For Switzerland, Vienna is already on the quarantine list. The German government is alarmed by the fact that the corona numbers in Vienna continue to rise. Vienna is therefore to be declared a risk area on Wednesday afternoon. “Since September 5, there have been significantly more than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, so we are forced to take action,” the daily newspaper STANDARD wrote. How to go onThe decision…

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3 important remedies to minimize spread of COVID 19

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Clemens Martin Auer, the head of the traffic light commission, had been against the color orange on Monday afternoon, but the next day he turned around. He justifies this with increasing numbers of infected persons. The mathematician and simulation expert from the Technical University of Vienna, Niki Popper, on the other hand, is not at all surprised by the rising numbers in the ORF report: “A slow increase was already visible since July. In addition, there were the vacation returnees and that there are now more indoor activities again”. The…

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New Corona rules will be announced today

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Today the seven orange districts are meeting with the Chancellor and the Minister of Health. New Corona measures will be announced thereafter. Yesterday the Corona traffic light was officially switched. As reported, seven districts – including Vienna and Innsbruck – have now been switched to orange. 35 districts are now switched to yellow. Throughout Austria, the number of new corona virus infections rose to 764, which is four times higher per capita than in Germany. But: switching to orange and the warnings of a “higher rate of infection” did not…

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Trump expects corona vaccine in three to four weeks

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U.S. President Donald Trump expects an effective coronavirus vaccine within the next three to four weeks. “We are close to a vaccine,” he told ABC News. “If you want to know the truth, the previous government might have taken years to get their hands on a vaccine because of the FDA and all the approvals,” Trump said. “And we could have it within weeks, three weeks, four weeks, now,” the president continued. Last week, Pfizer and BionTech reaffirmed their commitment to file for regulatory approval in October if the results…

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VIENNA Minister of Education Heinz Faßmann: “Schools and universities remain yellow”.

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Despite the conversion of the Corona traffic light to orange in seven districts “the schools remain yellow and the universities likewise”. Minister of Education Heinz Fassmann (ÖVP) emphasized this in a press conference on Tuesday. The recommendation of the traffic light commission was followed here. He said that the occurrence of infections showed that it was “epidemiologically justifiable” to keep the educational institutions open. Originally it had been said that upper secondary schools in “orange” districts could switch to home schooling. Since the start of school, 202 cases of proven…

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