Corona traffic light: Four districts switched to red

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The decision of the traffic light commission was made on Thursday evening. For the first time four districts will be switched to red, the highest risk level applies. The Minister of Health will officially present the switch tomorrow, Friday. In a recommendation from experts to the commission, nine districts were originally up for debate. The federal capital Vienna will remain orange as before. Red will now be: Hallein (Salzburg), Wels (Upper Austria) Innsbruck-City and Innsbruck-Land (Tyrol) These districts are switched from yellow to orange: In Carinthia: St. Veit an der…

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AGES: Currently 15,459 active cases

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The number of active coronavirus cases in Austria is currently (as of 14.00 today) 15,459 according to figures from the AGES dashboard, which recently replaced the dashboard of the Ministry of Health. This was accompanied by a leap in the number of people currently infected, as convalescents are registered more slowly in the new system. In addition, new cases are no longer assigned to the time of registration, but to the time of laboratory diagnosis, which may have taken place days before. This makes the curve of the epidemic more…

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Germany extends border controls with Austria

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Germany extends the border controls to Austria again by half a year. This was decided by the German Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer (CSU), in coordination with Austria, the German Ministry of the Interior announced today in Berlin. The decision was made for “migration and security policy reasons”, it was said. The controls have been in place since the fall of 2015, after tens of thousands of refugees and other migrants from Greece had made their way to Western Europe via the Balkan route. They have nothing to do…

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Corona: AGES warns of up to 4,000 infections per day in Austria

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With 1,552 new infections, Austria today, Thursday, again recorded a record high in new infections. However, as the AGES now predicts, the worst time is just around the corner: experts expect up to 3,000 to 4,000 new infections per day in December, when the flu season begins. This would also significantly increase the number of hospitalizations. Currently, 664 people are undergoing hospital treatment – an increase of 31% over the past 7 days (an increase of 11% in intensive care). However, the upcoming flu season also poses major problems for…

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Coronavirus: WHO expects longer wave for Europe

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Europe is now expecting a longer wave in the corona crisis without a major peak. This is the assumption of the European Office of the World Health Organization WHO, as Regional Director Hans Kluge explained in an online statement in Copenhagen on Thursday. He called for targeted, regionally and temporally limited measures to avoid “collateral damage” to health and society. “The pandemic will not stop on its own, but we can do it,” he said. Local lockdownsKluge stressed that local “lockdowns” were still necessary. However, these no longer had anything…

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Corona Records in the Czech Republic and Italy

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Despite intensified measures in the fight against the pandemic, the corona figures in the Czech Republic continue to rise. On Wednesday 9,544 new cases were recorded, the Ministry of Health announced. This was the highest number in one day since the beginning of the pandemic. In Italy, the government is examining the possibility of introducing limited lockdowns on a local basis. On Wednesday there were 7,332 new infections there, more than ever before within 24 hours. The total number of people ever infected in the Czech Republic rose to just…

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Eleven deaths within 24 hours and a number of infections

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Yesterday, a record number of new infections with the virus was recorded. 1346 cases were fed into the reporting system, whereby the number was then reduced to 1335 in the course of the day, because eleven cases were wrongly assigned to Wolfsberg in Carinthia instead of Sopron in Hungary. But neither at the beginning of the month nor at the peak of the lockdown were more cases registered! 402 persons were reported in Vienna, followed by Upper Austria with 234 cases and Lower Austria with 139. The winter sports mecca…

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Portugal declares state of emergency over Corona Virus

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Portugal, which has come through the crisis relatively well so far, yesterday declared a nationwide state of emergency because of the sharp rise in the number of infections there as well. The order is initially valid for 15 days starting today and allows the government to impose restrictions on freedom of movement and other drastic measures if necessary, said head of government Antonio Costa after a meeting with his cabinet in Lisbon, as the government announced. He said that only a maximum of five people should be allowed to gather…

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Vienna Airport prepares Corona rapid test

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Rapid swab test – and the result is available in 15 minutes! Vienna International Airport is currently checking a quick corona test with its own staff. This is how it should work in practice: Passengers show their boarding card in the check-in area of Terminal 3, undergo an antigen test and after 10 to 15 minutes receive the diagnosis by SMS or in paper form. If the result is negative, the journey continues. If there is any suspicion, a PCR test is arranged in coordination with the authorities. First trial…

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