After hard lockdown: What is allowed in Vienna and Lower Austria from Monday

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Vienna and Lower Austria end the hard lockdown on Monday. This means that stores and body-related service providers are allowed to open up again, just like in the rest of Austria. Museums, libraries and leisure businesses such as zoos will also open. The lockdown of restaurants and hotels remains, however, as in all of Austria with the exception of Vorarlberg, at least until May 19. Masks and spacing remain mandatory indoors. Rising vaccination numbers feed the hope that lockdowns are now over. However, a new closure is not completely ruled…

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New Corona penalties will be implemented starting 19 May

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With the planned opening steps from May 19, 2021, also come new penalties. Those who don’t abide by the remaining rules will face huge penalty. The curfew and lockdown will be lifted on May 19, and catering, events and meetings will once again be possible. Still, some rules remain in place – and those who break them will face hefty penalties. Fines now range up to 1,450 euros. If the distance rule or the mask requirement are disregarded, the police can issue a 90-euro organ fine instead of a report.…

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1.625 Corona cases before lockdown end in Vienna and Lower Austria

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The coronavirus continues not to admit defeat in Austria. In the last 24 hours, more than 1,600 cases have been added again. The coronavirus continues to spread in Austria, but the number of corona cases has been holding steady for days. A quick review of this week: there were 1,566 cases on Monday, 1,625 on Tuesday, 2,340 on Wednesday, 2,229 on Thursday, 2,131 on Friday and 1,615 yesterday. New infections in the provinces: Burgenland: 33 Carinthia: 119 Lower Austria: 165 Upper Austria: 289 Salzburg: 61 Styria: 235 Tyrol: 156 Vorarlberg:…

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Is the minimum distance unnecessary after all?

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Washing hands and keeping your distance were the first recommended measures in the fight against the coronavirus. Later, when it became available, the mask was added. But now a new study on the distance rules raises doubts about the effectiveness of the requirement. You know the drill by now: Mandatory mouth protection, minimum distance, hand washing and every now and then contact restrictions and closed stores and pubs or even curfews. At least with regard to hand washing and keeping a distance, the experts agreed from the outset that these…

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Five suspected cases of Indian corona mutation in Austria

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In Nickelsdorf, for the first time, there are three cases of concrete suspicion of the Indian corona virus mutation. In Salzburg, there is also said to be a second suspected case. Indian mutation suspected in AustriaThis was the result of an initial examination by the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), confirmed the coordination staff coronavirus in the afternoon. “The affected persons are in a family relationship and are segregated by the authorities.” PCR test station set up in the municipal office NickelsdorfIn the environment of the infected persons,…

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Warning level RED! “Severe storm” moves over Vienna

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The storm center has issued a storm warning for the federal capital, with winds peaking at up to 100 km/h. From Sunday morning to Sunday afternoon, the wind from west to northwest will reach gale force at times with peak gusts of 80 to 100 km/h. Especially the two districts of Donaustadt and Favoriten will be affected. The following effects should be noted: ➤ Trees may be uprooted, larger branches may break off. ➤ Roofs and chimneys may be damaged, larger objects may also fly around, signs and advertising boards…

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India: More than 400,000 new infections in one day

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India has recorded more than 400,000 new infections with coronavirus in one day. During the same period, more than 3,500 people died in connection with Covid-19, according to figures released today by the Ministry of Health. Hospitals and crematoriums are overcrowded. The South Asian country of more than 1.3 billion people lacks medical oxygen, medicines and vaccine doses. And this despite the fact that India is one of the largest vaccine producers in the world. For days, India has been breaking bitter records of its own: according to the ministry,…

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Ministries reported 1,615 new cases and 28 more deaths

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In Austria, 1,615 new infections with SARS-CoV-2 were reported on Saturday. This is below the average of the past seven days, when 1,933 new cases were recorded daily. The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care units continues to decline. Across Austria, 484 people had to be cared for there on Saturday, 17 fewer than on Friday. However, 28 deaths have been reported since the previous day. According to the Interior and Health Ministries, 10,244 people have already died in Austria as a result of infection since the pandemic began.…

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Kurz announces vaccination of supermarket employees

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Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) announced on Saturday on the sidelines of a media appointment in Vienna that supermarket employees will be among the first to get their turn at company vaccinations against Sars-CoV-2. “Because these were also heroines and heroes in the Corona crises,” as the chancellor said. Operational vaccinations will begin “as early as May.” Vaccination against the virus “is progressing steadily,” Kurz held. And he reiterated, “Everyone who wants to be vaccinated will be able to be vaccinated by the end of the second quarter.” Meanwhile, the…

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