Category: Austrian News

The Vienna Health Association has clarified the question of available hospital capacities for corona patients in the capital city. According to this, a total of 550 beds are immediately available for patients suffering from Covid-19, 150 of which are in intensive care units that can be occupied at any time. This capacity can be almost doubled as demand increases, it was said. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, 2,500 patients have been cared for so far, according to the health association: “With the experience we gained in the spring, we…

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On Friday — the Austria map of the Corona traffic light commission is to be colored red. Only parts of Kärnten could be excluded. On Thursday registered 4,453 new infections. And exceeded thereby that number, which had prognosticated for instance Ages leader Franz Allerberger – 3,000 to 4,000 per day – only for December. Tirol has highest valueThe seven-day incidence is 254 throughout Austria. Tyrol has risen to 376, followed by Vorarlberg with 346, Salzburg with 311 and Upper Austria with 303. The Tyrolean district of Schwaz has an unbelievable…

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The government may announce new steps against the spread of the coronavirus on Saturday. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) called this date on Thursday after a meeting with medical experts in the Federal Chancellery. If the currently high number of new infections continues to rise, the intensive care units would already be overloaded “in the middle or end of November”, said Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens). On Friday, Kurz said that there would be talks with the social partners. On Saturday, meetings with the state governors and the opposition are on…

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Most of the new cases were reported in Lower Austria – which causes trouble for the authorities in that province. In the Salzburg town of Kuchl, the quarantine ends at the weekend. The coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Austria. According to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior, 4453 new infections have been registered within 24 hours, most of them in Lower Austria. This is the highest figure since the outbreak of the pandemic. There is already speculation about a tightening of measures in Austria. Late registration…

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For the first time in Austria more than 4,453 new cases are reported. The situation is dramatically worsening Corona numbers in Austria continue to rise rapidly. OE24.at reports that 4,453 new corona infections were registered within 24 hours, the first time more than 4,000 new corona infections were registered. The situation is worsening dramatically. The number of cases by federal state Vienna: 821Lower Austria: 1.074Upper Austria: 796Tyrol: 584Vorarlberg: 276Styria: 355Salzburg: 262Carinthia: 166Burgenland: 11929 new deathsIn total there were 29 deaths in just one day. Statistics professor Erich Neuwirth even reported…

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Austria’s corona situation is deteriorating dramatically. What the government is planning. Vienna. All of Europe is in the middle of the second wave. This is the reason why lockdown-like conditions are occurring everywhere. Today there will be a video conference of the 27 EU heads of government. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wants to quickly implement new measures to avert a collapse of the healthcare system. Austrian daily newspaper “Österreich reports that a “lockdown light” – similar to the situation in Germany, might be implemented in Austria. This should come into force…

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The Vienna election on October 11 brought a record number of 382,124 issued voting cards. However, about 13,000 returned voting cards were invalid. The reason was a missing signature on the return envelope. At 3.5 %, the percentage of unsigned election cards was below the average of previous elections, which had been around 5 %, according to the Viennese electoral authority, which sees the current broad-based information campaign as a success. 13,000 signatures were missing in the gray area on the election card11,000 missing signatures in National Council electionBy way…

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The dashboard of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) yesterday showed a further increase in the 7-day incidence. The new infections with the Coronavirus in the past week are with 236 per 100,000 inhabitants (conditions: yesterday, 15.00 o’clock). This is an increase of 22 compared to the previous day. According to federal states, Vorarlberg now leads with an incidence of 351, an increase of 52. Tyrol holds at 331, Salzburg at 307. A strong increase of 35 was recorded in Upper Austria, where the 7-day incidence is now…

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Minister of the Interior Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) today called for people to stay home on Saturday despite Halloween. At the same time he announced increased controls during the night to Sunday. He had given instructions to the Director General for Public Security to implement these increased controls at the level of the state police directorates. According to the Minister of the Interior, the focus is on the one hand on compliance with the legal requirements in the night catering sector, and on the other hand on preventing larger celebrations and…

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