Category: Austrian News

In view of the 3-G regulation at the workplace, the City of Vienna has set up a 24-hour test lane. Testing is done by PCR and antigen. Anyone who is at least occasionally in contact with other people at work must be tested, vaccinated or recovered. To ensure that unvaccinated people can be tested at any time, the City of Vienna has now set up a 24-hour test lane at the Ernst Happel Stadium. This is in continuous operation with immediate effect. Parking is possible on site, but it is…

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The high value of new infections yesterday was not an outlier upwards , as Thursday’s data show: From yesterday to today, 3,648 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. This is above the seven-day average of 2,705. There are also 11 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 11,220 so far. The number of active cases rises to 26,490, with a seven-day incidence of 212 across Austria. Despite the sharp rise in numbers, the situation in Austria’s hospitals remains relatively…

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At today’s meeting of the traffic light commission, the number of red-turned-states will probably triple. Salzburg is likely to be joined by Lower and Upper Austria. That’s because these three states have a risk score above 100, which is considered the threshold for very high risk of infection. This is the result of the Commission’s working paper. If the risk figure is adhered to, Vienna, Tyrol and Vorarlberg also slip back, namely from yellow to orange and thus into high risk. Only Burgenland still has a value of 44.3, which…

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Drastic pandemic increase in Austria: more than 3,700 cases registered in the last 24 hours. Upper Austria is the new problem child. Corona numbers are rising again in Austria ahead of the fall vacations, and from a high level. In an average of one week, there are now more than 2,300 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants. And this also affects the 7-day incidence, which is already at 183.3. This means that the value has risen significantly in recent days. The figure is highest in Upper Austria (264.4) and Salzburg (253.3),…

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Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) has invited the provincial governors for Friday to a virtual consultation because of the sharp rise in new corona infections. Already on Wednesday, there had been a meeting in the Chancellor’s Office for this purpose with the chairman of the Conference of Provincial Governors, Tyrol’s Governor Günther Platter (ÖVP). On Wednesday, there had again been a significant increase in new infections, with a total of 3,727 cases reported. Schallenberg is “concerned” about this development, as it said in a written statement. Despite the now-fixed 3G rule…

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16 new deaths reported related to Covid 19 infection. 219 intensive care beds occupied. From Monday to Tuesday, 2,590 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. This is well above the seven-day average of 2,334. There are also 16 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 11,196 so far. The number of active cases stands at 23,174. There are currently 934 people in Austria’s hospitals in connection with covid illness, 20 more than the previous day. 219 patients are in…

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Austria has recorded 1,897 new Corona infections in the past 24 hours (as of 9:30 a.m. Monday). This is below the average of 2,163 cases over the past seven days. The seven-day incidence was 169.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, according to figures from the Interior and Health Ministries. As of Monday, there were thus 22,171 active cases in Austria, up 17 from Sunday. There have already been 777,679 confirmed cases in Austria since the pandemic began. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, 744,328 people have recovered; within the past 24…

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Health minister appeals how necessary it is to further increase vaccination coverage in Austria. Wolfgang Mückstein announces that to this end he will send out a letter to all Austrians reminding them of the booster vaccination. 6,636 vaccinations have been carried out on Saturday. In total, 5,815,253 people have received at least a partial vaccination, according to the E-vaccination passport data: That’s 65.1 percent of the population. 5,520,291 people, or 61.8 percent of Austrians, are fully basic immunized. 190,328 people have already been vaccinated for the third time. Vaccination booster“Only…

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The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Interior have reported 2,103 newly registered coronavirus cases within the last 24 hours (as of 9:30 a.m. today). These figures were reported by the federal states to the national crisis team. Sideways movement instead of increase: this trend accompanied the Austrians the past weeks, the daily new infections increased slowly, but an enormous increase remained absent. Until recently, at least, because then the explosion came after all: on Wednesday the country recorded 2,614 positive tests, then on Thursday 2,169 and on Friday…

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