Christmas vacations extended: school starts only on 11 January

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Before students and teachers return to schools, there will be testing on January 7 and 8. Parents are also invited to be tested. To ensure a safe start to school after the Christmas vacations, mass tests of teachers and students are to be held in January before they return to classrooms. As the Ministry of Education announced Tuesday, students, parents and teachers will be offered to be tested for coronavirus infection on Jan. 7 and 8. Thus, the regular school operation starts after Christmas only on January 11. It is…

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EU to approve Corona vaccine on Dec. 21

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EU could approve vaccine earlier than planned. A good 9 months after the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, approval in the EU is imminent.The Corona vaccine from Pfizer and Biontech could also be approved in the EU before Christmas. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) wants to clear the way for this. Already on 21 December it will present its appraisal over the permission of the vaccine of the Pharmaunternehmenes from the USA and Mainz, announced the authority on Tuesday in Amsterdam. That is eight days earlier than planned. It is…

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Corona regulation: who can travel and where at Christmas time

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In principle, everyone who enters from 19 December must be quarantined for ten days – but there are exceptions for commuters, carers and for “humanitary reasons”. The entry regulations for the Christmas season came out today – and with them a number of exemptions for both professional travelers and 24-hour caregivers. They are summarized in the regulation of the Ministry of Health, which was issued today, Tuesday. According to it, in principle, everyone who enters from December 19 must be in quarantine for ten days. Free testing can be done…

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14,432 new cases and 500 deaths in Germany

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The number of deaths and new infections with coronavirus remains at a high level in Germany. German health authorities have reported 14,432 new cases and 500 deaths to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. This is the third highest level of deaths since the pandemic began. The total number of people who died from or with the involvement of a confirmed infection with Sars-CoV-2 rose to 22,475. On Tuesday of the previous week, 14,054 new infections and 423 deaths had been reported. The highs of 29,875 reported cases…

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Corona testing in Vienna also possible over the holidays

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Vienna has devised a Christmas Corona testing strategy. Residents of the federal capital can be tested free of charge before and on Christmas. To this end, all three existing test lanes – at Happel Stadium, at the Austria Center and on the Danube Island – will continue to operate and will continue to do so over the holidays. At the Austria Center, where the focus was most recently on critical infrastructure employees, everyone can now be tested – even more than once, as the office of Health City Councilor Peter…

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More than 300,000 CoV deaths in the U.S.

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The number of CoV deaths in the U.S. has surpassed the symbolic threshold of 300,000. According to a count by Johns Hopkins University, the mark was surpassed today – the day the first coronavirus vaccinations were given in the country. More than 16.3 million cases of infection have been confirmed since the pandemic began. This means that for every 100,000 people, there are mathematically more than 95 deaths. By way of comparison, the figure for Austria is 50.56, while the highest figure is 157.16 in Belgium. The USA is the…

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Biden formally elected: “Democracy has prevailed”.

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over incumbent Donald Trump has been formally certified by a majority of the electoral college. “The flame of democracy was lit in this nation long ago,” Biden said in his speech marking his victory in the Electoral College (“Electoral College”) yesterday (local time). “And we now know that nothing – not even a pandemic or an abuse of power – can extinguish that flame.” In “this battle for the soul of America,” he said, democracy prevailed. In the state-by-state vote, the Democrat won a majority…

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491 deaths and nearly 12,000 new infections in Italy

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The death toll related to coronavirus in Italy has risen slightly. On Monday, 491 people were reported to have died from or with covid-19. This is seven more than the previous day. This means that the number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic in Italy exceeded the 65,000 threshold and rose to 65,011. As of the weekend, Italy is the European country with the most coronavirus deaths, ahead of the United Kingdom. The number of new infections registered in Italy dropped from 17,938 to 12,030 within 24 hours,…

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Airport expands CoV test offer

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Vienna Airport in Schwechat is expanding its CoV test offering. In addition to PCR tests, rapid antigen tests are now also offered. The medical certificate of the antigen rapid test already leads to entry facilitations in some countries. At the airport’s Health Center, it has already been possible since the beginning of May to take a molecular biological Covid-19 test (so-called PCR test). With immediate effect, interested parties can now also have rapid antigen tests performed. Such a test quickly provides information about an existing Covid 19 infection, and the…

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