Category: Austrian News

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) has once again called for people to be tested for the coronavirus before any family celebrations shortly before Christmas. “I myself will do this as a matter of course,” Kurz told APA today. This, he said, could prevent infecting family members. “Everyone can make a big contribution to protecting themselves and others by being careful, especially in private,” Kurz affirmed. Only one household is allowed to meet another household, he said. “My big request is: stick to it!” appealed Kurz. While up to ten people (including…

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Once again, more than 2,000 new cases were registered within 24 hours. So far, there have been 337,209 positive test results in Austria. As of today (December 19, 2020, 09:30), 5,209 people across Austria have died as a result of Corona virus and 300,611 have recovered. Currently, 2,964 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the Corona virus, and 489 of the ill are in intensive care units. New infections since the last report are divided among the provinces of Austria as follows:Burgenland: 30Carinthia: 157Lower Austria: 416Upper Austria: 407Salzburg: 160…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Friday confirmed the third hard lockdown for Austria starting Dec. 27. The period after Christmas is to usher in a “return to normality” in three phases. In the first phase, the numbers are to be decreased by tightened measures, phase 2 is to keep Corona cases down by mass testing, and in the third phase, vaccination is finally to bring the hoped-for relief. Regulations for December 24 and 25 remain in place, but there is now an all-day curfew on New Year’s Eve. “We have decided…

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In addition, 145 people with the coronavirus died from Thursday to Friday – bringing the total to more than 5,000. In view of the constantly too high key figures around the pandemic in Austria, another lockdown is probably inevitable. Whether this is due to a lack of discipline on the part of the population or rather to a lack of comprehensibility on the part of the government’s line in the fight against the pandemic is a matter of considerable debate. The fact is that the numbers are too high. From…

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The government will consult with the federal states on Friday afternoon about the further course of action in the Corona pandemic. Actually, the next easing steps would be due at Christmas – especially the opening of ski lifts. But in view of the persistently high new infections and the many deaths, voices have recently increased calling for further interventions over the holidays. Whether that will happen, however, was unclear in the run-up to the video conference. The decline in new infections has slowed noticeably recently: on average, 2,700 cases have…

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To date, there have been 332,828 positive test results in Austria. As of today, 4,982 people across Austria have died as a result of Corona virus and 294,315 have recovered. Currently, 3,220 people are undergoing hospitalization for corona virus. 530 of those who have died are being treated in intensive care units. Today’s death toll includes 120 additional deaths due to a data reconciliation with AGES from Vienna. New infections since the last report are divided among the provinces as follows: Burgenland: 81Carinthia: 190Lower Austria: 375Upper Austria: 482Salzburg: 182Styria: 358Tyrol:…

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Since Thursday, speculation has been rife again about a new hard lockdown starting on St. Stephen’s Day. Almost all the Austrian online news portals report about this scenario. On Friday at 3 p.m., the government will meet the provincial governors as well as experts to discuss possible tightening – after which further details are to be announced. A press statement is planned. In the Ministry of Health, one is concerned due to the new infection figures that have not continued to fall in recent days. Also the situation on the…

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After a data cleanup, authorities have reported 218 Covid 19 deaths for the past 24 hours. The city of Vienna switched to reporting deaths synchronously with AGES data, so 135 deaths have been added since yesterday. In fact, 15 people died as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the past 24 hours, according to city data. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there are thus 4,982 deaths Austria-wide, reported the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior today (as of 9:30 a.m.). Until now, different values for Covid-19…

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The first vaccinations against the coronavirus could possibly take place in Austria as early as December 24. This is the assumption of the federal government after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) brought forward its opinion on the approval of the Corona vaccine from the companies Biontech and Pfizer to December 21. Pfizer gave assurances in a video conference with Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) that it would start delivering the first doses of the vaccine immediately after approval, the chancellor’s office said. This would mean that, optimally, the first shipment could…

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