Masks are mandatory regardless of traffic light color

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A mask obligation for all stores and restaurants should come back. Regardless of the traffic light color. Thursday was marked by fierce discussions about the traffic light color to which the Austrian capital will be switched. Thursday evening brought a completely different surprising news. The Corona commission expresses a recommendation that not only in supermarkets but in all business and restaurants again a mouth nose protection shold be worn. Another new rule, which is to be completely detached from the traffic light color, concerns events. At least the “yellow” rules…

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What happens when the traffic light turns to orange?

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“High risk” means, among other things, extended MNS protection and curfew at 0.00 hours The newly installed Corona traffic light showed yellow for four regions in its first week. The traffic light, which is updated at least every Friday, has four colors: green, yellow, orange and red. Orange is equivalent to “high risk”, according to the Ministry of Health. Which criteria are decisive for orange? In the traffic light color orange, the epidemiological situation can be described as follows: high cumulative seven-day incidence relative to the population size of the…

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First suspected cases: three days after the start of school: Corona alarm at Viennese schools

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The children started the new school year on Monday – several suspected cases of corona have already been reported. The corona numbers in Austria have recently increased rapidly. On Wednesday more than 500 new infections were again reported, more than half of them in Vienna. Schools are also affected by the local outbreaks. Just a few days after the official start of the new school year, two school classes at a grammar school in Vienna had to be sent home with their teachers. As the school principal confirms, there are…

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What is a Superspreader? Six questions and answers

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Though life in Austria has been slowly coming back to normal – the yellow traffic light hinders some of the normal activities of the populace. Nevertheless, people are once again closely together in restaurants or in other activities. And can become a superspreader hotspot if a superspreader is among the guests. Austrian Press answers five important questions about Superspreader! Can a superspreader be recognized? No. A superspreader carries corona viruses and shows little or no symptoms, so it is not sick. It is fit, mobile and active in a group…

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New Corona Study: Railway Drivers do not bear greater COVID 19 risk

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According to a study by the Berlin Charité hospital, rail drivers are not exposed to any increased risk. An examination of 600 train attendants with regular customer contact in IC and ICE trains of the German Railways showed that they do not bear a greater Covid risk than their colleagues who work as train drivers or in the workshop. This was announced by the Berlin Charité and Deutsche Bahn on Wednesday. Antibodies were detected slightly less frequently in train conductors in long-distance traffic than in employees without customer contact. “We…

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Tension before the switching of Corona traffic light on Friday

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Four cities have been on yellow for almost a week. This could change on Friday – concerns are growing due to new clusters. It will be exciting. On today’s Thursday, the commission that discusses the switching of the so-called Corona traffic lights meets again. On Friday the current traffic light switching including recommendations will be published. Green, yellow, orange, red – these are the possibilities. Currently, four cities in Austria are switched to yellow. The mayors of Vienna, Linz and Graz as well as Kufstein in Tyrol were the first…

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UPDATE: 502 new infections in just one day

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Wednesday, 09. September 2020 – More than half of the new cases were again reported in Vienna. After the record increase on Tuesday, more than 500 new infections were again reported in Austria on Wednesday. Within 24 hours there were exactly 502 new cases, more than half of them in Vienna alone. This means that 4,072 people are currently infected throughout Austria. So far, there have been 30,583 positive test results in Austria. As of today (09 September 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 747 people throughout Austria have died as a result…

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Patient falls ill: AstraZeneca stops testing vaccine

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9 September 2020 – The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has stopped the clinical trial of its CoV vaccine as a precaution after one of the participants experienced health problems. This is a routine measure for such cases, the British company announced in the night to today. “In large test series, diseases occur randomly, but must be investigated by an independent party to verify this thoroughly. AstraZeneca will speed up the investigation so that the approval process for the vaccine is delayed as little as possible, the company said. The ultimate goal…

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40 new cases: Vienna remains a hotspot

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▶ The number of new infections is rising throughout Austria▶ On the trail of the clusters: Almost all Austrian states affected▶ Seven positively tested in the UN Atomic Energy Agency No good news from the Corona front! On Tuesday, 520 new cases were reported throughout Austria – as many as last reported on March 31 during the lockdown. The problem child is and remains the federal capital. In Vienna, 340 new infections were fed into the reporting system in a 24-hour comparison. The crisis management of Vienna however said that…

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