Corona rules get tighter this week

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In addition to mandatory masks indoors, quarantine reductions will be adopted, among other measures. Vienna is going its own way. At the moment, masks are only compulsory in vital areas throughout Austria. So in supermarkets, public transport, pharmacies, and banks. The city of Vienna takes a stricter approach; here, the mask requirement applies in all indoor areas, so also in shops or at concerts. Health Minister Johannes Rauch said that from, presumably, Wednesday, the mask obligation in indoor rooms in all of Austria will be reintroduced. There will be “another…

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New Corona regulation to take effect in Austria

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The government has abolished the quarantine for contacts, but measures have to be tightened at the same time. As of Monday, contact persons of someone infected with Corona no longer have to be quarantined, the government has also relaxed the previous regulation for all people without complete immune protection, so the ten-day domestic isolation falls even for the unvaccinated. No quarantine Instead, the new Health Minister Johannes Rauch has issued so-called “traffic restrictions.“ Those affected are now allowed outside but must wear FFP2 masks – even in the open air.…

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Monday: 31,872 new infections in Austria

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The seven-day incidence is 3,481.92. In the past 24 hours, 313,924 new PCR tests were performed. This results in a positive rate of 10.15 percent. There are also 23 new deaths associated with Covid 19 infections to report. To date, the Coronavirus has claimed 15,432 lives in Austria. Currently, 3,077 people are receiving hospital treatment. This is 68 more than the previous day. Of these, 217 are being cared for in intensive care units, with an increase of 17 patients here. The new infections in the federal states:Lower Austria: 7,929Vienna:…

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Antarctic temperatures more than 30 degrees higher than usual

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Unusually high temperatures have been recorded in the east of Antarctica in recent days, which experts say were more than 30 degrees Celsius higher than usual for the time of year. The Dome Concordia research station at an altitude of 3,000 meters registered a “heat” record of minus 11.5 degrees Celsius on Friday, meteorologist Etienne Kapikian of Météo-France announced on Twitter on Saturday. Typically, temperatures in Antarctica drop as summer ends in the southern hemisphere. The Dumont d’Urville station recorded a record temperature of 4.9 degrees Celsius for March. The…

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Spring takes off: Up to 20 degrees this week

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Spring is not only here astronomically: according to the ZAMG forecast, Austria is in for a sunny and mild week. Temperatures may even rise above 20 degrees. Monday will be sunny and primarily cloudless; only in the southwest may there be some fog in the morning, but it will dissipate soon. The wind will be light to moderate from east to south. Early temperatures will be minus eight to plus three degrees, daytime highs eight to 18 degrees, with the highest values in the west. On Tuesday, the sunny and…

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14,500 refugees registered in Austria so far

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Fourteen thousand five hundred refugees from Ukraine have been registered in Austria. This was announced by the Ministry of the Interior this morning. In Vienna alone, 1,000 persons were registered yesterday, and 2,500 nationwide. It should be noted that the actual registration process has only been underway for precisely one week. As a result of the registration, an ID card for displaced persons can be issued. This, in turn, is a prerequisite to working in the Austrian labor market and serves as a travel document. There are currently 40 registration…

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37,192 new infections in Austria

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There are also 22 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection. From Saturday to Sunday, 37,192 new infections were reported in Austria. The average for the past seven days was 44,735 cases per day. In addition, 22 fresh deaths related to the coronavirus were reported. There are currently 447,691 active, positive cases in Austria. To date, there have been 3,466,203 positive test results in Austria. Today, 15,409 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died, and 3,003,103 have recovered across Austria. 200 in intensive care units Currently, 2,992 people infected with the…

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Already ten million people are on the run due to war in Ukraine

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The number of people fleeing due to war at home and abroad continues to rise. 3.4 million have already left the country. According to UN figures, the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine has already forced around ten million people to flee their homes. These people have fled to other places within Ukraine or outside the country, the head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, wrote on the short message service Twitter on Sunday. According to the UNHCR, almost 3.4 million people have fled the war…

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131,792 new infections in Germany, incidence falls again

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In Germany, the nationwide seven-day incidence has fallen again for the first time after a prolonged period of increase. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Sunday morning as 1708.7. For comparison: The day before, the value was 1,735.0; a week ago, it was 1,526.8 (previous month: 1,346.3). The health authorities in Germany reported 131,792 new Corona infections to the RKI within one day. This is according to figures that reflect the status of the RKI dashboard as of 05:04.…

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