Category: Austrian News

Yesterday, for the first time since the end of April, more than 2,000 new infections were reported within 24 hours – just on the day when the government presented its new plan to contain the pandemic. In the future, politicians will no longer be guided by infection figures, but will look at intensive care bed utilization. For the first time, Austria will now differentiate between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals when setting measures. details here Infection numbers continue to rise today: from yesterday, Wednesday, to today, Thursday, 2,356 new Corona infections…

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Federal and state governments are tightening the measures. A phased plan will apply, based on ICU utilization. There is to be no more lockdown for vaccinated citizens. This has already announced Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Monday evening in the ORF summer talk. Instead, there will be tough measures only for the unvaccinated – to protect them and the health system from being overburdened. For example, there will be a FFP2 mask obligation for unvaccinated in the trade. After a meeting with the state governors, the federal government today, Wednesday, presented…

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From Tuesday to Wednesday, 2,268 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. Compared to the previous week (1,848 cases), this is 420 cases more. In Austria’s hospitals are currently 645 people in connection with a covid disease, which is 31 more than the previous day. 180 patients are in intensive care – nine more than the day before. In addition, there are three new deaths related to covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,815 so far. The number of active cases rises to…

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One new patient in intensive care. In addition, there are eleven new deaths related to Covid-19. From Monday to Tuesday, 1,438 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. Compared to the previous week (1,229 cases), this is 209 cases more. There are also 11 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,812 so far. The number of active cases rises to 17,535. The seven-day incidence is 119.57. There are currently 614 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid illness, up…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was the last guest of this year’s “Sommergespräch” aired via ORF Television on Monday, 6. September 2021. For large parts of the conversation, the focus was on how the federal government intends to take action against the Corona virus in the fall. The chancellor will also discuss this with the heads of the federal states on Wednesday. In principle, Kurz is strongly in favor of vaccination. It is the way back to normality, he said. “The fact that it is here so quickly is something we should…

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15 new intensive care patients. There are also eight new deaths linked to Covid 19 infection. From Sunday to Monday, 1,429 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. Compared to the previous week (1,120 cases), this is 309 cases more. Although this is below the average of the past seven days (1,491), it is the highest Monday value since the end of April. There are also eight new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,801 so far. The number of…

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In addition, three new deaths related to Covid-19 were registered. From Saturday to Sunday, 1,774 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. There are also three new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,793 so far. The number of active cases increases by 527 to 17,714. The seven-day incidence is 123.01. There are currently 548 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, down six from the previous day. 155 patients are in intensive care – two more than the…

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From Thursday to Friday, 1,715 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. There are also five new deaths related to Covid-19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 10,790 so far. The number of active cases increases by 450 to 17,187. The seven-day incidence is 118.97. There are currently 554 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, up eleven from the previous day. 153 patients are in intensive care – four more than the day before. In the past 24 hours, 98,137 PCR tests have…

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Of the nearly 10,000 CoV infections, 9,476 were exact in calendar week 34 (August 23-29), the proportion of cleared source of infection was 70.7 percent, again more than two-thirds, as in the previous five weeks. While travel-associated cases decreased to 30.2 percent (down 9.6) compared to the previous week, nearly half of new infections again occurred in households, with a 48.1 percent share. As the current epidemiological Covid-19 clarification of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) shows, this development occurred even more strongly in Vienna, where the majority…

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