Virtual Induction of PACES Officers for Biennium 2021-2022

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The Philippine-Austrian Cultural and Educational Society (PACES) inducted its newly elected set of officers at a virtual oath-taking ceremony held via zoom in Vienna, Austria on 9 January 2021. Assuming their posts as Officers and Executive Board Members of PACES for a two year term are: Ms. Maria Zelda “Marizel” Rojas as President Ms. Priscila Ramo-Confiado, Vice President for Internal Affairs  Mr. Franz Berner, Vice President for External Affairs Ms. Robee Sallegue, Secretary Ms. Nilsa Fischer, Treasurer Ms. Jane Abaya and Mr. Rodolfo Quevenco, Auditors Mr. Efren Abaya, Chair, Scholarship…

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Self-tests to be used at schools from Monday

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Starting Monday, the new CoV self-tests for students and teachers will be used in schools – but only to a limited extent due to the postponed return to classroom instruction. With the anterio-nasal tests, a simple swab in the front of the nose is sufficient; a result is available after about 15 minutes. In the future, the tests will be scheduled once a week on Mondays. Delivery will begin at the weekend, and by Monday or Tuesday at the latest, all schools will be equipped with test kits. However, testing…

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1,528 new Corona infections in Austria.

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In addition, there are 66 new deaths associated with Covid 19 infection. From Thursday to Friday, there are 1,528 new Corona infections in Austria. This means that the number of new infections has dropped again compared to Thursday, but also because Thursday’s report included follow-up reports from Carinthia and Upper Austria. There are also 2,283 new recoveries. Thus, the number of active cases also decreases. There are also 66 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection. The figures from the provincesVienna: 294Lower Austria: 281Upper Austria: 263Styria: 197Salzburg: 129Carinthia: 107Tyrol: 97Vorarlberg:…

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PRESS RELEASE – Extended travel restriction until January 31 in effect

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Philippines—the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced that they will be implementing the resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) on extending the travel ban until January 31. In a statement, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente shared that they received an order from Malacanang and the IATF extending the travel ban, following reports of new Covid-19 variants.In the expanded travel restrictions, foreigners coming from or have been to the 33 travel-restricted countries within 14 days from their arrival in the Philippines shall be excluded. Currently, the government…

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New immunization dashboard is online

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A dashboard showing the status of Corona vaccinations went online on the Ministry of Health’s website on Tuesday evening. There you can see how many people in Austria have already been vaccinated against COVID-19. However, this is only theoretical – the figures are not based on vaccinations actually carried out, but are calculated on the basis of the vaccines delivered. The whole thing is also broken down by province. In addition, the dashboard shows the number of vaccine doses requested by Austrian healthcare facilities in the Bundesbeschaffung GmbH e-shop. By…

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Offers on the Darknet promise vaccine doses against Bitcoin

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What security researchers have warned about has now become reality: The market for fake vaccines on the darknet is growing rapidly. The security firm CheckPoint and Europol warned back in December that fake medicines or malware are usually hidden behind such offers. At that time, fraudsters had already offered alleged vaccine doses, including those from Pfizer/Biontech, for sale in exchange for Bitcoin. The prices amounted to an average of 250 euros per dosage, futurezone.at reported. The online techno platform further reports that in January, the business had now increased by…

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22,368 new infections, Germany cracks two million mark

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In Germany, more than two million people have already been infected with the virus since the outbreak of the Corona pandemic. Health offices reported 22,368 new Corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours, the RKI announced Friday morning. This brought the number of infections to 2,000,958 (as of Jan. 15, 0 a.m.). In addition, 1,113 new deaths were recorded within 24 hours. The actual total number of infections is likely to be even higher, as many infections go undetected. The number of new infections per 100,000…

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German Chancellor Merkel wants tougher lockdown sooner

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According to an “Bild” report, German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to discuss tougher coronavirus measures with the prime ministers even before January 25. A significant tightening of the lockdown is to be discussed, which could also lead to a suspension of local and long-distance public transport. Such a measure has not been decided, however. The reason for the pressure for further restrictions is the fear of a spread of highly contagious coronavirus mutations. The lockdown measures have so far been in effect until the end of January. However, according to…

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Decision on lockdown opening at the weekend

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This weekend, the government will decide how to proceed with the lockdown, i.e. which opening steps should take place from January 25. Tomorrow there will still be talks with the provincial governors and social partners. However, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) put the brakes on overly high expectations in an interview with the APA yesterday: The situation is a “highly volatile” one, one must continue to “proceed extremely cautiously,” he said. Currently, Austria has around 2,000 new infections per day, and the 7-day incidence is around 150, putting it in the…

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