Category: Austrian News

Currently, 446 people are undergoing hospital treatment for coronavirus. From yesterday to today, 498 new Corona infections were reported in Austria. To date, there have been a total of 644,207 confirmed cases in Austria. 10,592 people have died and 627,672 have recovered in connection with coronavirus infection. Currently, 446 people are undergoing hospitalization for coronavirus. Of these, 168 are being cared for in intensive care units. The new infections in the provincesBurgenland: 5Carinthia: 17Lower Austria: 81Upper Austria: 70Salzburg: 41Styria: 36Tyrol: 84Vorarlberg: 35Vienna: 129 — source: sozialministerium.at

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The additional maximum of 340,035 adolescent vaccinees should at least not drastically slow the pace of vaccination in Austria, as slightly more than 350,000 initial vaccinations were conducted in the previous week alone. Overall, as of Wednesday, 3.4 million people in Austria had been vaccinated (38.6 percent of the population as of Jan. 1, 2021), including 1.3 million who were fully immunized (15 percent of the population). Immunization coverage is highest among 75- to 84-year-olds, at nearly 80 percent, and lowest among 16- to 24-year-olds, at just under 18 percent.…

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The government announced on Friday its plans for the relaxations. There are also changes to the mask requirement. On Friday, 28 May the federal government has decided on the further opening steps that will come into force from June 10. Particularly in the gastronomy trade it comes this time to substantial relaxations. For example, the closing time will be extended from 10 p.m. to midnight, the person limit will be increased and the minimum distance reduced. Relaxations will also be implemented in trade, leisure, sports, museums. Here, for example, the…

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From June 10 – and in time for the European Football Championship – life in Austria will be a bit relax. After the opening summit, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) notes a “great satisfaction in all areas”. The most important details: the closing time will be moved back from 10 p.m. to midnight, the distance rule will be reduced to one meter, and more people will again be allowed to sit at a table. Bus tours will be possible again, choirs and music bands will be allowed to meet again.…

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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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