Corona test center also to be set up at Schönbrunn Palace

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Another test center will be opened in Vienna.A coronavirus testing center is now being set up at Schönbrunn Palace. Two sites for rapid antigen testing will be available there starting Thursday. A coronavirus testing center is now also being set up at Schönbrunn Palace. Starting next Thursday, two locations for rapid antigen tests will be available there. This was reported by APA on Monday and published in vienna.at. APA reports that Vienna City Councillor for Health Peter Hacker announced that a “walk-in” with three test lines will be installed at…

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More than 1100 corona infections in 24 hours in Austria

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The number of new infections in Austria within 24 hours is still more than 1100. Since Sunday, 1124 new cases have been reported across Austria. The seven-day average was thus 1400 new infections daily – twice the number issued as a target for the end of the hard lockdown. 13,997 people were confirmed actively infected on Monday. The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population was 110.1 – just as more than double the original target. Here, too, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Green Party) had repeatedly stressed that the aim was to…

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National Vaccine Panel: Prefer RNA vaccines in persons 65 plus.

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Expert panel recommendation: but with logistical problems with mRNA vaccines, there is nothing to prevent use of Astra-Zeneca vaccine in people 65 plus.The 18 members of the National Immunization Panel at the Department of Health and Human Services unanimously recommend use of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine in the 18- to 64-year-old age group. “There are sufficient good safety and effectiveness data for this age group to recommend the vaccine as having good efficacy against symptomatic infection and severe morbidity (hospitalization, intensification, death) for 18- to 64-year-olds,” according to the preamble to…

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Lockdown summit – will Austria extends lockdown?

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Today, Monday, the government wants to announce whether Austria will unlock, when and how. In advance, there are conferences with experts, opposition and provincial leaders. The pressure is massive, not only because on Sunday again thousands took to the streets. Retailers want to open, schools too, but experts warn. Yesterday, the chancellor, vice chancellor and health ministers consulted almost non-stop. What happens today: As two weeks ago, the almost identical group of experts will meet and give the government their assessment of the situation. It will be rather gloomy. The…

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10,000 demonstrators and ten arrests at Corona demos

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Around 10,000 demonstrators took part in the actually prohibited Corona demonstrations in downtown Vienna on Sunday. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) and Vienna’s police chief Gerhard Pürstl have drawn a first balance in the evening. According to the report, ten people were arrested, four police officers were injured and around 800 charges were filed for violations of Covid 19 regulations. A total of two officers fell, two were injured by “extraneous force.” “This operation was anything but a walk in the park for the police officers,” Nehammer said. It wasn’t…

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1,190 new infections in Austria

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Still no easing of the Corona situation in Austria. From Saturday to Sunday, 1,190 new cases were recorded across Austria, plus 18 deaths were reported, the Interior and Health Ministries reported on Sunday. The seven-day average is thus 1,383 cases added daily. Since the pandemic began, 7,721 people have died from or with Covid-19. Austria-wide, there have been 14,180 confirmed active cases. In total, 9,684 people have become infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the past week. The seven-day incidence – the number of new infections per 100,000 population in a seven-day…

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PRESS RELEASE – 30 January 2021 – BI lifts restrictions to 36 countries, clarifies other restrictions still in place

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MANILA, Philippines—the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that they will be lifting the travel restrictions on the 36 countries with reported cases of the new Covid-19 variants starting Feb 1, following a directive from the Inter-Agency Task Force Against Emerging and infectious Diseases (IATF). However, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente clarified that other travel restrictions remain in place. “We are still limiting the entry of foreign nationals to the country, following the IATF,” said Morente. “Generally speaking, tourists are still not allowed to enter the country,” he added. Current restrictions only…

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Germany bans entry from several countries from Saturday

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To stop the spread of mutations of the coronavirus in the country, Germany bans entry from several countries from Saturday. For countries where particularly contagious variants of the coronavirus have spread strongly, Germany has a wide-ranging entry ban from Saturday (January 30). According to “Bild”, the entry bans apply to the countries of Great Britain, Ireland, Portugal, Brazil and South Africa. From Sunday, they will then also come into force for Lesotho and Eswatini in Africa. The German government has classified these countries as so-called virus-variant areas. The regulation will…

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Soft opening steps for schools and trade?

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As of Monday, the government will consult with experts, state governors and opposition leaders on the way forward in the fight against the pandemic. After six weeks of lockdown, there could be the first opening steps starting Feb. 8: in retail, in service providers close to the body and in schools – which are expected to return to face-to-face classes in shifts. However, the lockdown will not end, given the still-high infection numbers. “The mutations are putting the brakes on a complete relaxation,” Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) said in a…

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