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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Partial solar eclipse to be seen in Austria on June 10

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A partial solar eclipse will be visible in Austria on June 10. However, the celestial spectacle will have no effect on the surrounding area. After more than six years, a solar eclipse will be visible again in Austria on June 10. However, the current celestial spectacle will not be a major event like the partial solar eclipse of 2015. On average two solar eclipses per yearWhile the moon covered the sun’s disk to a maximum of 63 percent, this time it will not even be five percent. Therefore it becomes…

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Travelling to Italy, Greece and Croatia – rules to consider

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More and more quarantine rules are falling – both at popular travel destinations and when returning to Austria. Thus, since June 1, Croatia is finally also in Annex A (low incidence of infection). Vaccinated, recovered and now also tested persons can return from their vacation without quarantine obligation with the appropriate certificate. Although there is now no quarantine obligation when entering Italy, a negative PCR or antigen test, which must not be older than 48 hours, is still required – even for vaccinated and recovered persons. This applies to children…

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Germany removes almost all of Austria from risk list

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Due to falling CoV infection figures, the German government on Sunday removed almost all of Austria as well as Italy and the Czech Republic from the list of risk areas. In addition, parts of Switzerland, Croatia and France will also be removed from the list. This was announced today by the Robert Koch Institute. Anyone coming to Germany by land from these areas will no longer have to observe any CoV entry restrictions. In addition, there are some overseas territories of France and the Netherlands, as well as the Vatican.…

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Delta variant causes more severe courses

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Data from Great Britain and India show that the COVID 19 mutation Delta should be taken seriously: it increases the risk of hospital admissions and is also significantly more infectious than other variants. Initially discovered in India, the delta variant of coronavirus may be more likely to cause more severe covid-19 disease, according to preliminary findings from Public Health England. “Initial evidence from England and Scotland suggests that there may be an increased risk of hospital admissions than with the alpha variant,” according to a recent risk assessment by Public…

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