Category: Austrian News

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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There have been exactly 10,363 new infections in Austria in the past 24 hours. In addition, authorities reported 61 more deaths since Monday – the highest figure in nine months. Of those, 22 infected people died in Upper Austria alone. 113 more Covid 19 patients have had to be admitted to hospitals since Monday. Thus, 2,568 infected persons are already in hospital, 458 seriously ill in intensive care units. In the case of particularly severe cases, 17 patients have been added since Monday, and 55 within the past week. A…

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11,889 new infections. 40 new deaths linked to Covid 19 infection. After the negative record figures of the previous week, there is also a new, sad, record to start the new week. From Sunday to Monday there are 11,889 new infections in Austria. This is again the highest Monday value since the beginning of the pandemic. Since Monday is traditionally the lowest value of the week, the height of this also gives a good outlook in which direction it goes this week. Apparently further upwards. Today’s new infections are once…

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Since the fourth lockdown came into effect today, unvaccinated people are only allowed to leave their homes for very specific reasons. However, they are still allowed to go to work, where as of today the 3-G rule applies without exception. Due to problems with the CoV test evaluation in parts of Austria, WKO, retailers and restaurateurs had demanded in advance that an FFP2 mask continue to be sufficient instead of a test certificate. In most cases, a rapid antigen test continues to be used as proof of testing in the…

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The lockdown for the unvaccinated went into effect at midnight. With him “hardly noticeable effects would be achieved”, demand among other things representatives of the traffic light commission a full lockdown. Because in practice changes now to 2G only that humans without vaccination may not store any longer. The measures remain limited to ten days for legal reasons and must then be extended. Tightening in schoolsThe schools remain, despite the highest incidence among boys in attendance classes. There will be tightening: by Nov. 29, students must take a Corona test…

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