Another new record of new infections on Monday

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11,889 new infections. 40 new deaths linked to Covid 19 infection. After the negative record figures of the previous week, there is also a new, sad, record to start the new week. From Sunday to Monday there are 11,889 new infections in Austria. This is again the highest Monday value since the beginning of the pandemic. Since Monday is traditionally the lowest value of the week, the height of this also gives a good outlook in which direction it goes this week. Apparently further upwards. Today’s new infections are once…

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3-G rule in the workplace now applies without exception

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Since the fourth lockdown came into effect today, unvaccinated people are only allowed to leave their homes for very specific reasons. However, they are still allowed to go to work, where as of today the 3-G rule applies without exception. Due to problems with the CoV test evaluation in parts of Austria, WKO, retailers and restaurateurs had demanded in advance that an FFP2 mask continue to be sufficient instead of a test certificate. In most cases, a rapid antigen test continues to be used as proof of testing in the…

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Lockdown for unvaccinated takes effect today: An overview of the rules

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The lockdown for the unvaccinated went into effect at midnight. With him “hardly noticeable effects would be achieved”, demand among other things representatives of the traffic light commission a full lockdown. Because in practice changes now to 2G only that humans without vaccination may not store any longer. The measures remain limited to ten days for legal reasons and must then be extended. Tightening in schoolsThe schools remain, despite the highest incidence among boys in attendance classes. There will be tightening: by Nov. 29, students must take a Corona test…

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Austria’s first COVID child vaccination street opens in Vienna

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Today, Monday, Austria’s first vaccination street for children between the ages of five and eleven goes into operation at the Austria Center Vienna in Vienna. The opening will be performed by Mayor Michael Ludwig and City Health Councillor Peter Hacker. The demand for appointments is very large: With Sunday, as of 17.00 clock, there were 9,216 bookings, 184 appointments were (until the end of the year) still free. If necessary, however, the contingent will be increased, the city had already announced. The children are injected with a reduced amount of…

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Starting today: “Lockdown for the unvaccinated” and more school testing again

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To curb the massive rise in Corona infections, a “lockdown for the unvaccinated” went into effect at midnight. This means that people who have not received a vaccination against Covid-19 or have recovered from the disease in the last 180 days are subject to the exit restrictions already known from previous lockdowns. Children under the age of 12 and pregnant women are exempt. In addition, 3G in the workplace applies without the exceptions previously possible.Around two million people without proof of 2G are only allowed to leave their homes for…

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Incidence in Germany at 303

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The 7-day incidence in Germany has once again risen to a new high. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants per week at 303.0 this morning. The previous day, the value was 289.0, a week ago 201.1 (previous month: 68.7). In Austria, the value is almost 850. Health offices in Germany reported 23,607 new CoV infections to the RKI within one day. On Thursday, the number of new infections had reached 50,196, a record high since the beginning of the pandemic. Exactly one…

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No restrictions on religious practice

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No new restrictions on religious exercise are associated with the “lockdown for the unvaccinated.” The new Covid 19 Protective Order passed Sunday night includes a general exemption provision for “gatherings for the purpose of religious worship.” Furthermore, as of Monday, according to the new regulation issued by the Minister of Health, leaving private homes for “the satisfaction of basic religious needs, such as visits to cemeteries and individual visits to places of religious worship” will be allowed. Provisions of the Framework Regulations of the Bishops’ Conference“For the area of the…

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Green passport is not enough on Viennese Christmas markets

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The 2G rule applies to visitors at Vienna’s Christkindl Markets – security guards also want to see ID. There are queues outside the entrances. Anyone who wants to visit a Christkindlmarkt now should not only have a lot of patience, but also a green passport and an ID card, otherwise nothing will work. The 2G rule applies to visitors. According to the city, an expansion to 2G+ is not (yet) being considered. At Rathausplatz, the city’s largest Christmas market, visitors were jammed Sunday afternoon at the entrance on the Ring.…

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EMA likely to approve vaccination for five-year-olds soon

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The approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) of the Covid-19 vaccination for five- to 12-year-olds, which Pfizer applied for in mid-October, should be imminent. Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens), speaking at the government’s press conference on the lockdown for the unvaccinated today, assumed that could happen as early as Nov. 24. He did not give further details. Officially, there is still no approval from the EMA for vaccination under the age of twelve. Therefore, younger children can only be vaccinated “off label” in Austria. Interested parents have to find…

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