Category: Austrian News

On Thursday, the new measures against the Omicron variant were announced. The quarantine will be shortened to five days, after which PCR test is possible. FFP2 masks are mandatory outdoors, unless clearances can be maintained. In addition, the validity of the green passport will be shortened. The crisis summit of the federal government with representatives of the states and experts of the “all-state Covid crisis coordination” (Gecko) has brought new measures on Epiphany. In future, FFP2 masks will be compulsory outdoors if the distance falls below two meters, and the…

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While FFP2 mask rules are tightened significantly, in many cases, contact persons of infected persons no longer have to stay at home. 8853 new corona cases were reported Thursday, plus the first death attributed to the Omicron variant. “The virus,” Chancellor Karl Nehammer put it at a press conference of government and experts, “knows no holidays.” And so Epiphany also brought a series of new Corona measures for Austria. Some of them are softenings of previous rules, especially when it comes to quarantine. But with the extension of the mask…

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8,853 Corona infections were reported in Austria on Thursday. Although this was slightly fewer than the day before – when the number of new cases had jumped dramatically from around 5,500 to 9,761 within 24 hours – the figure is once again well above the average for the previous seven days (5,421). The seven-day incidence on Thursday was now also already 424.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, after 361.8 on Wednesday. As of Thursday, there are 51,364 active cases in Austria, 6,374 more than the day before. Since the start of…

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Due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, the Corona traffic light switched mostly to red in Austria on Wednesday. Up to 17,000 infections feared next week 9,761 new Corona infectionsThe Corona Commission on Wednesday rated the provinces of Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Vienna as “very high risk.” Burgenland, Carinthia and Styria were rated “high risk.” Corona traffic light predominantly switches to red in AustriaThe decisive factor for the rating is the risk number, which takes into account not only new infections but also the age of…

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Due to an EMS error, it took a long time on Wednesday before the number of new infections could be announced. Now the problem is fixed: In the past 24 hours (as of 9:30 a.m. Wednesday), 9761 new infections have been recorded in Austria. Already on the previous day, the number of new infections had increased drastically with 5496 cases compared to the previous week. Now they have even tripled compared to the previous week (3251 cases). As of today (January 5, 2022, 10:30 a.m.), 13,802 people across Austria have…

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Coronavirus continues to rise in Austria. More than 5,400 cases were reported within one day. In the past 24 hours (as of Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.), 5496 new infections have been recorded in Austria. The previous day, there were 3319, on Tuesday a week ago at all “only” 2416 new Corona cases. Thus, the number of new infections has doubled within a week. An increase of 25 Corona patients was recorded in normal hospital wards. Four fewer patients than the previous day are in need of intensive care. Thus, 316 Corona-infected…

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The Omicron variant of coronavirus has replaced Delta as the predominant mutation in Austria by the end of 2021. In calendar week 52, 2,915 Delta and 4,360 Omicron cases were detected, an update from the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) showed today. In the previous week, Delta had been significantly more dominant with 5,953 to 1,905 detections. In total, there have been 6,768 confirmed Omicron cases so far. According to AGES, additional reports are expected for week 52. In addition, the sequencing is only a random sampling, especially…

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Seven new deaths reported from yesterday to today. 320 patients in intensive care. The much more contagious Omicron variant continues to spread in Austria, causing case numbers to continue to rise. From Sunday to Monday, 3,319 new infections were registered in Austria. This is above the average of 3,247 over the past seven days, and also brings the number of active cases to 34,330. In the past 24 hours, 167,087 new PCR tests were performed. This results in a positive rate of 1.99 percent. The seven-day incidence has increased to…

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Members of the federal government, state governors and the experts of the all-state Covid crisis coordination GECKO will meet again this week to evaluate measures taken so far on the one hand, and to discuss possible tightening measures due to the rapidly spreading virus mutation Omicron on the other. The corona situation in Austria “remains serious, ” according to GECKO. All efforts must continue to aim at keeping case numbers as low as possible, they say. With the strict package of measures currently in place, including mandatory FFP2 masks and…

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