Friday, March 29

Austria

Thousands of Spectators Attend Vienna New Year’s Concert
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Thousands of Spectators Attend Vienna New Year’s Concert

The traditional New Year's concert in Vienna on January 1 is attended by a thousand spectators in the Golden Hall of the concert hall of the Austrian capital.   Seven hundred people who also already had an entrance ticket are not allowed in due to the restrictions imposed by the Austrian government in the fight against corona infections. However, a place will be reserved for those seven hundred on January 1, 2023. The Vienna Philharmonic announced on Monday that the restriction on the number of people in the hall results from the corona measures, which are slightly more lenient for gatherings of up to a thousand attendees. That is why people with vaccination and a negative corona test are allowed to enter. More than a thousand people must also have had a booster shot. The New Year...
Germans and Austrians In Line for Corona Vaccine
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Germans and Austrians In Line for Corona Vaccine

Germans and Austrians are rushing to get a corona vaccine now that a vaccination certificate is needed in more and more places, and the number of infections is rising rapidly. As a result, there are queues at vaccination centres.   Compared to other Western European countries, the two countries have a low vaccination rate and are overwhelmed by a new wave of infection. For example, in Austria, 65 percent of the population has been vaccinated, and in Germany, 68. In Austria and for the time being seven German federal states, only vaccinated and people who have been cured of corona can receive an admission ticket for, for example, restaurants, hairdressers and sporting events, the so-called 2G rule. In Germany, 436,000 shots were taken on Tuesday, of which 300,000 were boosters. Thi...
First Lawsuit for Corona Debacle in Winter Sports Resort Ischgl
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First Lawsuit for Corona Debacle in Winter Sports Resort Ischgl

In Austria, a first lawsuit will start on Friday associated with last year's major corona outbreak in Ischgl, a winter sports resort.   The relatives of a deceased corona patient demand compensation of 100,000 euros from the national government. They accuse them of negligence. In the winter sports resort in Tyrol, which is also popular among the Dutch, chaos ensued in March 2020 when it turned out that the coronavirus was spreading. Holidaymakers left en masse and took the virus with them to their home countries. Independent experts later rendered a damning verdict on the actions of the authorities. They would have done better to let people leave scattered, a committee of inquiry concluded. It doesn't stop with Friday's trial. Several processes start in September alone. The VSV c...
EMA: Vaccine AstraZeneca Does Not cause problems in Austria
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EMA: Vaccine AstraZeneca Does Not cause problems in Austria

That vaccine did not cause problems in Austria in individuals after receiving AstraZeneca's corona vaccine.   This is the conclusion of the European regulator for vaccines and medicines, the European Medicines Agency in Amsterdam (EMA). Austria stopped the vaccinations with the batch of vaccines, which were also supplied to the Netherlands. A 49-year-old woman in Austria died of severe blood clotting. Ten days earlier, she had received the corona vaccine from AstraZeneca. A 35-year-old woman developed a pulmonary embolism from which she is now recovering. There were two more similar incidents. According to the EMA, this is not exceptional, and it corresponds to the number of incidents among the general population. In Europe, 3 million people have been vaccinated with AstraZeneca, ...
Free Corona Self-Tests for Austrians From March 1
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Free Corona Self-Tests for Austrians From March 1

There will be no further easing in Austria before Easter. As Chancellor Sebastian Kurz promised, free self-tests in pharmacies for all Austrians from March 1.   Austria does not want to implement further easing of the corona measures until Easter at the earliest. The government plans to decide on this on March 1 after consulting with experts. "At the earliest, from today's perspective, we expect further opening steps around Easter," said Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP). According to Kurz, the infection situation is still stable a week ago despite slight loosening. "But we are struggling with the fact that the mutations have increased and are still increasing." A week ago, all shops, hairdressers and other body-friendly service providers in Austria had reopened. Kurz referred to t...