Category: Austrian News

The record values take turns daily: if on Thursday the just reported 8593 new infections with the coronavirus were still considered the highest level of the year so far, the record was broken 24 hours later with 9388 new cases. 1831 people infected with Covid-19 are currently in hospital, 356 of them in intensive care units. The trend is rising: according to current forecasts, the threshold of 400 occupied intensive care beds is likely to be exceeded at the beginning of next week, and 500 shortly thereafter. In order to…

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According to Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens), the measures were passed almost unanimously. Burgenland had already made it clear in advance that it rejected tightening measures in view of the high vaccination rate in the state. It was not officially confirmed that Governor Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) was the one who did not support the decision. His Carinthian counterpart Peter Kaiser (SPÖ) pointed out that Burgenland had also pushed for a withdrawal of measures in case of corresponding successes. In this regard, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) assured that the phased…

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Yesterday, with almost 8,600 new infections, the previous, this year’s highest level was reached. The last time there were more new cases was November 13 of last year, when there were 9,586. Hospitals also have to care for more and more patients. As a result, the traffic light commission has switched the whole of Austria back to red – meaning that there is a very high risk throughout the country. The federal and state governments are meeting tonight for a crisis summit. From Thursday to Friday, yesterday’s peak was again…

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All of Austria is red on the Corona traffic light again. This means that there is a very high corona risk in the entire federal territory.This is according to the working document of the responsible commission, which is available to APA. Last week, Vienna and Burgenland were still orange. Vienna and Burgenland with best valuesThese two provinces still have the best values, the federal capital has the lowest value with the risk figure 114.7, which is relevant for the classification. Above 100, the red zone begins. The highest value is…

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Yesterday, this year’s highest number of new cases within 24 hours was reached with just over 6,500 new infections. From Wednesday to Thursday, yesterday’s high was again clearly exceeded with 8,594 new Corona infections registered. (Note: An initial report stated 8,183 new infections. A correction has now been made to the positive test results, bringing the number of new infections to 8,594). This is well above the average of 6,037 reported over the past seven days. By comparison, 4,248 new infections were reported a week ago. The last time there…

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For four days in a row, authorities have now recorded more than 5,000 new infections each. It’s a troubling streak that continued on Wednesday with the highest number so far in the fourth wave. 6,506 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours. As many as last on November 21, 2020 – at that time the third wave already subsided after the “lockdown light” was imposed on November 2. The highest value of new infections in Austria to date was measured on November 13 with 9,586. This is the…

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It has been one year since a 20-year-old assassin killed four people and injured 23, some seriously, in Vienna’s city center, around the Schwedenplatz nightlife area. On November 2, 2021, on the occasion of the anniversary of the crime, ceremonies of remembrance were held in the presence of many relatives – for example in the Ruprechtskirche and at Desider-Friedmann-Platz. Friedmann Square is the place where the nine-minute act of terror had originated. Today there is a memorial stone here, where Mayor Ludwig laid a wreath on Tuesday morning. He was…

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After new Corona infections were below the 5,000 mark from Sunday to All Saints’ Day, 5,398 new infections were now recorded again from Monday to Tuesday. The number of active cases thus continues to rise to 49,469. The seven-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants is now 405.31 throughout Austria. In addition, there are 11 new deaths to report in connection with a Covid 19 infection, so that the pandemic has so far claimed 11,380 lives in Austria. To date, there have been 840,902 positive test results in Austria. As of today…

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Austria-wide basic framework: 3-G applies in the workplace as of this week. This means that anyone who wants to legally enter their place of work must be vaccinated, recovered or tested. The 3-G rule also applies in restaurants, leisure and service establishments, and art and cultural institutions. Mandatory testing applies to those 12 years of age and older. Antigen tests are valid for 24 hours (including living room self-tests), PCR tests for 72 hours. In supermarkets, bakeries and pharmacies, FFP2 masks are mandatory for all customers. Vienna: In the catering…

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