Travel: Quarantine-free countries

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The current amendment of the entry regulation brings further travel relaxations. The new regulations begun last Tuesday, 2 June 2021. For more countries, entry with 3-G proof – tested, recovered, vaccinated – but without mandatory quarantine will be possible. Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein said in a statement. This concerns the following countries: CroatiaLithuaniaNetherlandsSwedenCyprus Due to the improvement of the epidemiological situation on the ground, according to the amendment, all countries that are currently listed on Annex B1 (risk countries) will in the future be listed on Annex A (countries with…

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Pre-registration for vaccination for twelve- to 15-year-olds in Burgenland started

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In Burgenland, pre-registration for Covid 19 vaccination is now available for twelve- to 15-year-olds. As soon as enough vaccine is available, they will also receive an appointment invitation. The goal is to have all those willing to be vaccinated by three weeks before school starts in the fall at the latest, the office of state governor Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) told APA on Saturday. Under-16s can now also be registered in the pre-registration system. However, they must still wait for an invitation to a vaccination appointment, because one is dependent…

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43 percent of the population has at least partial vaccination

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On Friday, 100,983 vaccinations were administered. According to the E-vaccination data, 3,850,933 people in Austria, or 43.3 percent of the population, have received at least partial vaccination. 1,734,733, or 19.5 percent of Austrians, are already fully immunized. The vaccination coverage rate remained highest in Burgenland, at 48.3 percent. In Lower Austria, 45.3 percent of the population has been vaccinated, and in Tyrol, 44.9 percent. In Salzburg, 44.5 percent were immunized, in Vorarlberg 43.9 percent, in Carinthia 43.7 percent, in Styria 42.6 percent and in Upper Austria 42.2 percent. Vienna remains…

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India on the verge of initial relaxation

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Faced with significantly falling infection figures in the former CoV hotspot India, the megacities of Delhi and Mumbai, along with other regions, are venturing initial relaxations. The number of new CoV infections within 24 hours had fallen to 120,529 cases today, according to health officials – well below the peak of 400,000 reached in early May. India has a population of about 1.37 billion. In the Delhi metropolitan region, which has been in lockdown since April 19, markets and shopping malls could reopen on Monday, the government chief there, Arvind…

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Italy reports vaccination record

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Italy has set a vaccination record in the fight against the coronavirus: More than 600,000 vaccine doses were administered yesterday, authorities have now announced. In terms of the total number of people fully vaccinated, Italy now ranks second in the EU behind Germany, with 12.7 million immunized. This corresponds to almost 24 percent of those over the age of 12 in Italy. In total, more than 37 million vaccine doses have now been administered nationwide, according to the data. Hundreds of new vaccination centers had opened in Italy in recent…

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271 new Corona infections in Austria

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From Friday to Saturday, 271 new infections with the corona virus were reported. So far, there have been 646,438 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 10,636 people across Austria have died as a result of the coronavirus and 630,458 have recovered. Currently, 450 people are in hospital care due to the virus, 146 of whom are in intensive care units. Seven-day incidence at 25.1The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population for Corona infections continues to fall, and as of 9:30 a.m. Saturday was only 25.1, according to figures from…

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Weather in Austria

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Today, SaturdayFor the most part, it will remain warm. However, the sun will shine only intermittently, it will be humid and there will be an increased tendency for showers and thunderstorms throughout Austria. In addition, a frontal extension will arrive from the west, bringing heavy rain first in Vorarlberg and Northern Tyrol and from late afternoon in Salzburg and Upper Austria. At the same time, a strong westerly wind will blow. In the night to Sunday, it will also be wet or thundery in the east. Highs: between 20 degrees…

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Vaccinated people no longer have to go into quarantine

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CoV vaccination also brings relief in quarantine rules. Vaccinated persons are longer have to be quarantined. However, an FFP2 mask requirement also applies outdoors. Normall, one has to spend 14 days in quarantine if you have had close contact with an infected person. You can save yourself with a “valid” vaccination, explains Ursula Karnthaler from the city’s health service (MA 15) to Radio Vienna: “That means a vaccination, where you can assume a protection: That is from the 22nd day after the initial vaccination.” However, an FFP2 mask must be…

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Fewer positive self-tests in schools

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The Austrian Press Agency reports that 2.6 million self-tests were carried out last week in Austrian schools, just under 500 of which were also positive. However, a third of these are likely to be false positives. At schools, there have been 494 positive Corona self-tests in the week from last Friday to the day before yesterday, Wednesday. With a record number of 2.6 million tests conducted (previous week: 2.5 million), this was 110 “hits” less than the previous week (604). That translates into a rate of 0.02 percent (previous week:…

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