Category: Austrian News

In his television address on the occasion of the national holiday, Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen calls on Austrians not to let the pandemic get them down. “Austria will cope with this. Together,” said the head of state in the short speech that was broadcast on ORF in the evening. He also pleads for more composure in dealing with the crisis and urges “timely and comprehensible communication”. “This pandemic is really a burden for all of us,” says Van der Bellen. It directly attacks the basic human need for…

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A sharp increase in Covid-19 infections over the long weekend has further aggravated the situation in Austria as well as in almost all of Europe. While there were still around 18,000 actively infected persons on Friday, this figure rose by 5,000 to over 23,000 by the national holiday on Monday. 2,456 new corona infections were registered in the past 24 hours. In a seven-day comparison, the particularly critical utilization of intensive care beds rose by 30 percent to 188. “The higher the infection figures are, the more restrictive measures are…

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The number of active coronavirus cases in Austria (as of 14:00 today) is 32,052, according to the AGES dashboard, which recently replaced the dashboard of the Ministry of Health. This was accompanied by a leap in the number of people currently infected, as convalescents are registered more slowly in the new system. More than two million testsIn addition, new cases are no longer assigned to the registration date, but to the date of laboratory diagnosis, which may have taken place days before. This makes the curve of the epidemic course…

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Chancellor Sebastian Kurz spoke about “the crisis”, which “has dominated our public life for more than 8 months”. Sebastian Kurz: “It damages our economy and massively restricts our private life. Thanks to a joint effort, we have come through this crisis relatively well so far. But there are still difficult months ahead and I know that this is not easy for any of us”. The Chancellor found highly emotional words for the current situation – with thousands of new infections every day, hospitals visibly filled and hundreds of thousands of…

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In the last 24 hours there have been 2,456 new corona infections in Austria. So far, there have been 83,267 positive test results in Austria. As of today (26 October 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 992 people throughout Austria have died as a result of the corona virus and 59,036 have recovered. At present, 1,330 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the corona virus and 188 of these are in intensive care units.Corona new infections by federal states:Burgenland: 102Carinthia: 43Lower Austria: 232Upper Austria: 612Salzburg: 221Styria: 334Tyrol: 282Vorarlberg: 136Vienna: 494 hp, source:…

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This year’s national holiday does not take place at Vienna’s Heldenplatz, as usual, but in the living rooms of the Austrians. Both the traditional performance show of the Austrian Armed Forces and guided tours of the Hofburg, the Parliament and the Ministries will only take place online or will be cancelled. Only the wreath-laying ceremonies and the recruiting ceremony will take place at Heldenplatz as usual, but without an audience and with a minimal cast. The political celebrations will begin with a meeting of the Council of Ministers at 9.10…

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Franz Allerberger, head of the “Public Health” department of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), is less optimistic about a vaccine against the coronavirus than Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens). He expects a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in July 2021 at the earliest, he said in the Ö3 program “Frühstück bei mir” today. Allerberger also does not believe that a specific drug is on the way. However, the AGES expert does not see any reason for concern: “It is a much more harmless disease than we feared ten months…

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The number of active coronavirus cases in Austria (as of 14:00 today) is 30,290, according to the figures of the AGES dashboard, which recently replaced that of the Ministry of Health. This was accompanied by a leap in the number of people currently infected, as convalescents are registered more slowly in the new system. More than two million testsIn addition, new cases are no longer assigned to the registration date, but to the date of laboratory diagnosis, which may have taken place days before. This makes the curve of the…

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14 people have died in the last 24 hours After the record increase with more than 3,000 new infections on Saturday, corona numbers remain high. A further 2,782 new cases were reported on Sunday. However, fewer tests are usually performed over the weekend. As of today (October 25, 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 979 people throughout Austria have died as a result of the corona virus and 57,858 have recovered. At present, 1,225 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the corona virus and 174 of these are in intensive care. The…

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