Category: Austrian News

Health Minister Rudolf Anschober wants to drastically reduce the number of new coronavirus infections in January. “My personal dream would be to get below 1,000 cases per day,” he said in an APA interview. The targeted date for the expiration of the currently valid hard measures on January 24 and 18, respectively (for all those who have “negative test” results), will hold from the current perspective, he said. “That is the declared goal. Currently, it looks quite like it,” said Anschober. Admittedly, he expects fixed effects of the Christmas festivities…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz revealed new details on ZIB2 on Wednesday evening: in order to be able to visit cultural events, hotels or guesthouses, one must be able to show a negative test result at the end of the lockdown, which is not more than 48 hours old. The operators of the respective establishments must check these test results themselves, the chancellor explained. When visiting restaurants, the test must be a maximum of one week old, Kurz said. Here, the health authority will also carry out spot checks in cooperation with…

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To date, there have been 357,902 positive test results in Austria. As of today (December 30, 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 6,149 people across Austria have died as a result of coronavirus and 330,990 have recovered. Currently, 2,407 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to coronavirus, and of these, 395 of the ill are in intensive care units. The new infections since the last report are divided among the provinces of Austria as follows:Burgenland: 53Carinthia: 178Lower Austria: 299Upper Austria: 397Salzburg: 311Styria: 413Tyrol: 278Vorarlberg: 185Vienna: 436 Source: sozialministerium.at

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New Year’s Eve under the sign of the baby elephant. Parties in private households remain a problem.Lockdown instead of party, curfew instead of fireworks, baby elephant instead of crowds on the New Year’s Eve path – the celebration at the end of the year will not be as usual. Contrary to initial announcements, the exceptions to the lockdown do not apply to Dec. 31. Public celebrations have been canceled, gatherings are not allowed. Nighttime walks are only permitted with members of one’s household, life partner, close family members or individual…

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Because of the huge traffic jam, the “Eistraum” registration has been increased from four to eight checkpoints. It has jammed yesterday nevertheless: With marvelous weather thousands Viennese pilgrimaged on Tuesday to the city hall place, in order to turn on the ice pirouettes. A spokesman for the city’s marketing department was delighted: “It was the busiest day since the opening on December 24.” The queues were admittedly also longer than ever before despite the increase: ice fans queued all the way back to the Burgtheater. A number of visitors were…

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Police will have an increased presence on New Year’s Eve and will also monitor compliance with the provisions of the Pyrotechnics Act. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) announced. Nearly 4,000 police officers will be on duty on New Year’s Eve. “The year 2020 has placed special and extraordinary demands on all of us. Let us therefore end it in a prudent and considered manner,” Nehammer appealed. In principle, there is a ban on the use of pyrotechnics in the local area – even on New Year’s Eve. However, mayors are…

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The number of new infections in Austria has been running at a barely unchanged level for days. From Monday to Tuesday, again about 1,800 cases were reported by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Interior. Specifically, there were 1,868 registered positive tests in the past 24 hours. Currently, there are 20,319 active cases in Austria. In addition, there were 128 new deaths in the past 24 hours. This brought the total number of deaths to over 6,000. As a goal for the new, hard Lockdown gave health minister Rudolf Anschober…

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The plan announced by the federal government in early December to provide the elderly population with free FFP2 masks to combat the Corona pandemic is now slowly getting underway. The first masks were sent out on Dec. 23 and delivered on Dec. 24, the health ministry said Monday. Until all those affected are supplied, however, it will take until the third week of January.It is planned to distribute ten such masks to a total of 1.7 million people over the age of 65. The masks will be sent directly to…

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The Health Ministry in Austria recorded 1,408 new COVID 19 infections within 24 hours. From Saturday to Sunday, 1,429 infections were reported. Thus, the rate remained below the seven-day average of 1,863. However, this is due to the low number of registered tests due to the holidays. From Saturday to Sunday, there were only 9,909 tests nationwide; the day before, there were almost twice as many, 17,384. 14.9 percent of the 9,909 tests were positive. As a result, the seven-day incidence – number of new infections in seven days per…

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