Category: Austrian News

The government will decide today under what conditions schools and commerce will be allowed to reopen starting next week. Other measures of the corona lockdown, which was tightened a good two weeks ago, are likely to remain in place for the time being. For example, restaurants and hotels will have to remain closed in view of the continuing high level of new infections. Hairdressers, beauticians and other “body-related services” are also reportedly not to open for the time being.The return of compulsory schooling and high school graduates to schools seemed…

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One will have to take opening steps “carefully”, said Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) before the consultations on Tuesday. He wants to repeat the mass tests that will start this week – for particularly affected regions, professional groups and for entire states. Kurz had already announced a week ago that the first thing to do is to open schools and the retail sector. “The mass tests will of course be repeated,” Kurz emphasized. “In theory, it would be perfect to test the entire population two or three times.” This would “virtually…

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With 3,033 new infections on Tuesday, the trend is further decreasing in a week-on-week comparison after two weeks of lockdown, almost twice as many, namely 5,805 persons recovered, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health. However, there were 141 more deaths, a new record – meaning that 3,325 people throughout Austria died with the coronavirus. With 54,667 active cases, the number of active cases has again decreased significantly, and the number of intensive care patients has also decreased slightly. This fell by ten…

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The ÖVP-Green federal government will discuss the upcoming loosening after the hard lockdown in the late afternoon. These will be decided tomorrow in the ministerial meeting and presented to the public around noon. In view of the still too high number of infections, only very small opening steps can be expected. The first step would be to open schools and the retail sector, announced Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) a week ago. It is not yet known in detail in which form the attendance classes will be resumed. There are…

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Anyone who does not want to be tested because he fears that he will have to go into quarantine if the result is positive cannot expect understanding – at least not that of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. He took part in a discussion round on Puls24 on Monday evening, where he expressed sharp criticism of such ideas. Specifically, the question the chancellor was asked at the Citizens’ Forum was related to K1 people. In short, he said that anyone who did not allow himself to be tested in such a situation…

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The lockdown is taking effect: only 2,748 new infections were recorded on Monday. The new infections since the last report are divided among the federal states of Austria as follows: Burgenland: 107 Carinthia: 180 Lower Austria: 619 Upper Austria: 521 Salzburg: 232 Styria: 343 Tyrol: 268 Vorarlberg: 112 Vienna: 366 The number of new coronavirus infections detected in Austria within 24 hours fell below the 3,000 mark for the first time again on Monday with 2,748 cases. At a press conference on the corona app in Vienna, Health Minister Rudolf…

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Around 300 test lines at three locations. Health City Councilor Peter Hacker calculates that 1.2 million Viennese will participate. The construction work for the corona mass tests in Vienna is well underway. Around 300 test lines will be installed in the Stadthalle, the Marxhalle and the Messe Wien. The start will be on December 4 – two days later than announced in the meantime. Registration is possible from 2 December. The large-scale tests are to be carried out in the federal capital by 13 December, with the Austrian Armed Forces…

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Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) dampens expectations of an early relaxation of the corona measures after the current lockdown. “We will have to live with further massive restrictions after December 7,” he told the “Kleine Zeitung”. In any case, there would be no “hasty opening steps”. The goal is to take “cautious opening steps” in the retail sector and for schools from December 7. However, this would depend on the number of infections, Kurz said. The higher the numbers are, “the more difficult it will be to set opening steps,”…

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The number of new corona infections on Sunday gives us a little hope: 4,047 new infections were reported within 24 hours. But there were 87 fatalities. The number of new infections continues to fall in the hard lockdown. Even though traditionally less testing is done on Sunday, the current figures give hope. In the past 24 hours, 4,047 new infections with the coronavirus were reported to the authorities throughout Austria, most of them in Lower Austria. The comparison with last Sunday is decisive. There were 5,226 positive findings. The current…

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