Category: Austrian News

Today, the fourth lockdown, which comes into force tomorrow, will be passed in parliament. An overview of the key points according to the ordinance. Due to the dramatic Corona situation, a lockdown will apply throughout Austria from tomorrow and until December 12. The new rules at a glance.▶ Compulsory vaccination and green passport: From February 2022, a Corona vaccination obligation is to apply in Austria. Violations of this will be subject to administrative penalties. There are no details yet. The Green Passport will lose its validity from February for access…

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A total of 15,297 new infections – second highest figure since the start of the pandemic. In addition, there are 42 new deaths related to Covid-19. On Saturday, 15,297 new Corona cases were reported in Austria. This is the second-highest figure since the pandemic began about a year and a half ago, after a new record was set just Friday. Today’s new infections are once again higher than the average of 13,496 over the past seven days, and there are now 144,442 active cases. Intensive care units are currently seeing…

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The next lockdown is just around the corner – and probably not a day too late: in the past 24 hours (as of Friday, 9:30 a.m.), 15,809 new corona virus infections have been recorded in Austria. A week ago, there were 11,798 new corona cases. Most recently, 48 people infected with the coronavirus died. The number of ICU patients continues to increase dramatically. Currently, 520 covid patients are in intensive care. Most new infections were registered in Upper Austria, where there were 4068 new cases. In Vienna there were 2617…

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20-day lockdown aims to lower infection numbers. Schools to remain open, third vaccination to be brought forward, home office recommended. The nationwide lockdown is to apply from 0 to 24 hours and initially last 20 days. After 10 days, an evaluation will be made. This means that the lockdown will initially last until December 12 at the longest.* For the unvaccinated, it will continue after Dec. 12.* Students will continue to have face-to-face classes. For all school levels masks are mandatory in the buildings, children may stay at home without…

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In the federal government’s “step-by-step plan”, which only came into force on September 15, a lockdown for all was not actually planned. The plan was to be based on the number of Corona patients in intensive care units, and a lockdown for the unvaccinated would have been envisaged if the number of patients had reached 600. But the momentum of the increase forced the government to gradually move up and the lockdown for the unvaccinated went into effect as early as Monday of this week. Over 15,000 new infections and…

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The number of new Corona cases in Austria today exceeds 15,000 for the first time. The infection is progressing rapidly. The number of confirmed cases rises to one million. The number of confirmed cases rises to one million. The number of new Covid-19 infections continues to rise. In the past 24 hours, 15,145 new cases have been added in Austria. In Upper Austria alone, 3518 infections have been reported, and in Salzburg, 2473. A week ago, 11,975 new infections were counted across Austria. There is also a new negative record…

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In Austria, different Corona rules apply in the individual provinces. Here is an overview of the current regional requirements in the federal states (as of November 17, 2021).Both the federal government and the federal states have recently repeatedly taken issue with the “patchwork carpet” of different corona measures in the federal states. Despite efforts, this has not yet been eliminated. This is because the worsening pandemic situation has prompted the states to adopt stricter regulations on their own initiative – most recently, especially with regard to the FFP2 mask requirement.…

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The coronavirus traffic light is as red as it has ever been. All states remain in very high risk red and have a record distance to the next area, orange. This one still means high risk. The figures from the worst-performing states illustrate just how far off that is in large parts of the country. Tyrol stands at 1,615 and Salzburg at 1,604. In all the provinces, the 14-day trend points steeply upward. Even among the particularly vulnerable group of over-65s, the trend is upward everywhere. Only Vienna, Burgenland, Carinthia…

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The number of new Corona infections reached a new record high in Austria on Wednesday. Within one day, 14,416 new infections have been added, more than ever before since the beginning of the pandemic. That’s well above the average of 12,164 cases over the past seven days. The seven-day incidence also rose sharply to 953.2 cases per 100,000 population. The previous day it was 919.4. 41 more deaths have been reported since Tuesday. The strongest increase was again in the province of Upper Austria, where a record 4,423 new infections…

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