Chancellor Sebastian Kurz reveals plan for the “free mass testing” in January

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz explained how “Freitesten” works in January. Different rules apply in gastronomy than in tourism. The new year is just around the corner and Austria is in lockdown. This will not change in the first weeks of January. From 18 January, however, all Austrians can “free” themselves from the lockdown with a negative Corona test, or they will have to live with the 24-hour curfews for another week. Restaurants, hotels, and sports and cultural facilities also open on this day. However, a legal regulation on free-testing is still…

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Worldwide restrained New Year’s Eve celebrations due to Corona crisis

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The start of 2021 worldwide was a different New Year’s Eve than usual because of the Corona pandemic. As usual, Sydney in Australia did start the new year with a colorful fireworks display in front of the Opera House, but this time no spectators were allowed. The situation was similar in New York’s Times Square. The European countries also celebrated the end of the year in a rather restrained manner. Parties and fireworks were canceled, naturally also the Vienna New Year’s Eve path. The fireworks at Sydney Harbour and Opera…

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THE CURRENT FIGURES:Nearly 3,000 new infections reported on New Year’s Day

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So far 360,815 cases, 6,222 died and 332,952 recovered. 2,342 hospitalized, of which 396 intensive. 2,913 new infections Austria-wide. Vienna. After yesterday’s 2,550 new infections, the number of people newly diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus within 24 hours in Austria on Thursday was again almost 3,000, with 2,913. The proportion of positive tests continued to be over ten percent on New Year’s Eve. The new infections are divided among the federal states as follows: Burgenland: 54Carinthia: 193Lower Austria: 638Upper Austria: 495Salzburg: 306Styria: 374Tyrol: 251Vorarlberg: 173Vienna: 429 73 deaths in one…

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More than 130,000 people in Germany vaccinated so far

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More than 130,000 people in Germany have been vaccinated against the coronavirus so far. By this morning, a total of 131,626 vaccinations had been reported to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). Compared to the previous day, the number of vaccinated increased by 51,465. However, this number may also include subsequent notifications and therefore does not reflect the number of people actually vaccinated on a given day, the RKI emphasized. Among those vaccinated are 57,406 nursing home residents. 61,612 people received the vaccination for occupational reasons, including medical personnel with a…

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What is allowed on New Year’s Eve – and what is forbidden

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RestrictionsThe exit restrictions remain in force today. This means that one may leave the house or apartment only with good reasons. These include averting danger to life, limb and property, emergencies, helping others or physical as well as mental recreation. Parties are not possibleBut beware: although this means that you can go outside at midnight to walk under the stars (fireworks are largely canceled or prohibited), toast with champagne or waltz – but only with your own household or a maximum of one close reference person. Parties outside or inside…

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First official vaccine approval in China

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Sinopharm is the first pharmaceutical manufacturer in China to receive approval for the widespread use of a Corona vaccine. Data showed that the vaccine met the relevant standards of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Food and Drug Administration, an official statement said today. Sinopharm’s vaccine has been granted “conditional approval,” it said. In the future, the shelf life and protective effect of the vaccine immunity would have to be continuously monitored. Sinopharm had said the previous day that its vaccine was expected to provide more than 79…

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UPDATE: COVID 19 Vaccination in Austria

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“About 6,000” people in Austria have been administered the Biontech Pfizer since the end of the previous week, the Social Ministry said Wednesday. The first 9,750 doses of the vaccine had been divided equally among the provinces. By the end of this week, an additional 53,000 doses of vaccine are to be distributed, and in the first week of January, the next delivery is expected in the amount of 63,000 doses of vaccine. They “will be distributed to the provinces according to the population key,” the Ministry of Social Affairs.…

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Health Minister Anschober wants to push new infections below 1,000

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Health Minister Rudolf Anschober wants to drastically reduce the number of new coronavirus infections in January. “My personal dream would be to get below 1,000 cases per day,” he said in an APA interview. The targeted date for the expiration of the currently valid hard measures on January 24 and 18, respectively (for all those who have “negative test” results), will hold from the current perspective, he said. “That is the declared goal. Currently, it looks quite like it,” said Anschober. Admittedly, he expects fixed effects of the Christmas festivities…

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Chancellor Kurz announced details of free testing after lockdown

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz revealed new details on ZIB2 on Wednesday evening: in order to be able to visit cultural events, hotels or guesthouses, one must be able to show a negative test result at the end of the lockdown, which is not more than 48 hours old. The operators of the respective establishments must check these test results themselves, the chancellor explained. When visiting restaurants, the test must be a maximum of one week old, Kurz said. Here, the health authority will also carry out spot checks in cooperation with…

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