Category: Austrian News

Beginning June 10, 75 percent occupancy is possible in the cultural sector, and the square meter limit drops to ten square meters per person. These limits will then be completely lifted from July 1. All relaxations in detailChancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP), Vice-Chancellor Werner Kogler and Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (both Greens) announced new relaxations on Friday. These will be implemented on June 10, 2021. The maximum attendance of 1,500 indoor and 3,000 outdoor will remain, but 75 percent of the seats may now be occupied. The curfew moved back to…

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The federal government will consult today, Friday, from 9 a.m. in the Chancellor’s Office with the provincial governors and experts on further opening steps. At noon, the public will be informed. Participants of the round on the part of the government are Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Vice-Chancellor Werner Kogler, Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein, Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger as well as State Secretary for Culture Andrea Mayer; in addition, all nine provincial governors and President of the Association of Municipalities Alfred Riedl; as experts the physicians Oswald Wagner and Eva Schernhammer…

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The traffic light commission ranked the overall state in the “medium risk” category on Thursday. Burgenland reaches “low risk”. Austria has entered the yellow phase in the corona crisis. Namely, the traffic light commission ranked the entire state in the “medium risk” category on Thursday. Only for Tyrol and Vorarlberg is still determined high risk, that is, orange. A new color was introduced, namely yellow-green for low risk. Only Burgenland is currently in this zone. The other provinces from Vienna to Salzburg are yellow. The fact that Burgenland is not…

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The government wants to implement further relaxations of the Corona measures as early as June 10. To this end, consultations with the provincial governors and the association of municipalities will take place tomorrow Friday morning in the Chancellor’s Office. It is to be expected that the closing time in the gastronomy trade will move further into the night and that the mask obligation in the open air, for example in the soccer stadium, will fall. There is also talk of weddings and club life. Tomorrow, at 9:00 a.m., the talks…

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On Thursday, 585 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. It was the first time since October 26, 2020, that the number of Covid 19 patients in domestic intensive care units was below 200. According to figures from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior (as of 9:30 a.m. Thursday), there were fewer than 200 Covid 19 patients in a domestic intensive care unit for the first time since Oct. 26 of the previous year. The exact number was 199. Meanwhile, the number of new infections was…

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The “Green Passport” is considered an entrance test in Gastro, Hotels and Co. In a special session on Wednesday, the National Council passed the legal basis for the “Green Passport”. But how does it work? The “Green Pass” will be implemented from June 4 either as a PDF document or via QR code. This was officially decided by the Austrian Parliament on Wednesday. The “Green Passport” will be used wherever proof of 3G compliance is required – for example in the catering industry or in tourism. However, a QR code…

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The positive development of the infection incidence will again be reflected in the CoV traffic light this week. For the first time in many months, no province is in the red zone, which starts at 100 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants. Vorarlberg has now also fallen well below this mark with an incidence of just over 75, according to the working paper of the responsible commission. Last week, Lower Austria and Burgenland landed finally already in the yellow zone, which represents medium risk and in which the incidence should be…

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As expected, the bill enabling the Green Passport was passed in the Austrian Parliament on Wednesday. In addition to the governing parties ÖVP and the Greens, the SPÖ and the NEOS also voted in favor of the bill in the end. This means that the digital ID card, which was heavily disputed in the run-up to the bill and can be used to prove vaccination, tests and survived illnesses, will become a reality in Austria. The plans call for the Green Passport to be available in just a few days,…

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There are also 15 new deaths linked to Covid-19 infection. From Tuesday to Wednesday, there were 445 new Corona infections in Austria. Compared to the previous week (899), the number is significantly lower with a minus of 454 cases. Thus, the 7-day incidence is also decreasing, as well as the number of active cases. In addition, there are 15 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection. In hospitals, there are four fewer patients in normal wards and 15 fewer patients in intensive care units. — source: sozialministerium.at

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