Austrian News

While the federal government announces more and more opening steps, there is great uncertainty among the population regarding the mask obligation. Since June 10, Austria breathes again – completely without a mask. However, not really completely: because the mask obligation was not lifted everywhere and certainly not for everyone. Guests of pubs and restaurants – insofar as they are outdoors – are allowed to remove their mouth/nose protection, but not the operators and employees. Even those who go to the toilet, which in most cases is located within the four…

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Now it’s fixed: Vienna will get an area-wide and uniform parking system for all 23 districts. From March 1, 2022, Vienna will have a uniform parking system for the entire city. This was announced on Thursday morning by the responsible city councilor Ulrike Sima (SPÖ) at a press conference. From then on, parking stickers and short-term parking zones will apply in all 23 districts. Thus the Parkpickerl will be extended to the districts 13, 21, 22 and 23, in Simmering it will be extended to the whole district. From this…

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Oswald Wagner, Vice Rector of the Medical University of Vienna, confirmed on behalf of the experts consulted that the opening steps in Austria”are absolutely justifiable”. Nevertheless, one should not become overconfident: “We still have to remain a bit cautious,” especially since the delta variant of the coronavirus is also on the rise in Austria. “It will also spread in our country.” But the good news, he said, is that the vaccination also works against this mutation. Kurz did not want to let the relaxation take over, even when asked: “As…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) announced on Thursday the next opening steps starting July 1. Activities in public: clubs, culture and gastronomy will soon be able to open and take place again largely without restrictions – only the three-G rule remains. The mask requirement also falls almost everywhere. “It’s wonderful that we can finally get back to normal,” Kurz said. The relaxations in detail:The 24-hour curfew in restaurants will be abolished – allowing clubs to open. The occupancy rate is still limited to 75 percent until July 22. In addition, masks…

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As of 9:30 a.m. Thursday, 179 new coronavirus infections have been recorded – down from 283 last week. Three more deaths have been reported. The relaxation in the hospitals also continues: seven patients could leave the normal wards since yesterday, five seriously ill an intensive care unit. So far, there have been 649,181 positive test results in Austria. As of 9:30 a.m., 10,674 people across Austria had died as a result of coronavirus, and 635,192 have recovered. Currently, 268 people are undergoing hospital treatment, 87 of whom are being cared…

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Protective measures to contain the coronavirus are being rolled back in Austria. As announced by the federal government on Thursday, night gastronomy can reopen in compliance with the “3-G rule”. Mask rules for commerce and gastronomy will also be relaxed. After long months of the Corona lockdown, almost normal everyday life is slowly returning. This is made possible by the good development of infection figures in the country, as well as the increasing progress of the vaccination campaign. With the beginning of July, almost all the restrictions that were still…

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