Category: Austrian News

The SPÖ (Social Democratic Party) defends the first place and even gained votes. The ÖVP is likely to double, also Greens and Neo’s are among the winners. SPÖ leader Ludwig can choose between three coalition partners. It was an evening with many winners: The SPÖ could defend the first place with gains, ÖVP, Greens and Neo’s gained. And even the FPÖ, despite massive losses still have a small reason to rejoice – namely, when the biggest opponent, Heinz-Christian Strache, fails to make it into the municipal council. SPÖ is clear…

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Vienna had the highest number of new cases (295). So far, there have been 55,319 positive test results in Austria. As of today (October 11, 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 851 people throughout Austria have died as a result of the corona virus and 43,448 have recovered. At present, 527 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the corona virus and 96 of these patients are in intensive care units. The new infections are divided among the provinces of Austria as follows:Burgenland: 32Carinthia: 48Lower Austria: 34Upper Austria: 179Salzburg: 96Styria: 49Tyrol: 134Vorarlberg: 29Vienna:…

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42 percent of the votes mean the victory of the Viennese SPÖ and thus probably a continuation for Michael Ludwig in the office of the mayor. Although the fluctuation range of the results is currently still 1.5 percent, the Reds are just as popular even in the worst case as they were in the 2015 election. As far as the future coalition partner is concerned, the SPÖ is still undecided. For the time being, one could continue to govern with the Greens, or with the ÖVP, which is uncatchable in…

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23 new district representatives are elected today. However, there will not be a final result due to the record number of votes on Sunday. Read all about the election. After months of election campaigning, Vienna will elect a new municipal council and 23 new district representatives on Sunday. The polling stations have been open since 7 am. The Viennese can vote until 5 pm. Due to the corona pandemic, the election will take place this year under strict hygiene regulations. If you want to vote, this time you have to…

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410 corona patients have to be treated in hospital, another 99 infected persons are in intensive care. An overview of the current situation. Saturday, 14.00 o’clock – The Dashboard of AGES (https://covid19-dashboard.ages.at) shows that Austria has 13,177 persons who are actively infected with COVID 19. The updated figures of the AGES-Dashboard has been in operation since Tuesday and is the official successor of the dashboard of the Ministry of Health. According to ORF, this was accompanied by a new leap in numbers, as around 2,000 convalescents had not yet been…

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From Friday to Saturday there were 1,235 new corona infections in Austria. Almost half of them occurred in Vienna.So far, there have been 54,423 positive test results in Austria. As of today (October 10, 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 852 people throughout Austria have died as a result of the corona virus and 42,829 have recovered. At present, 509 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the corona virus and 99 of these patients are in intensive care units. Corona new infections by federal states:Burgenland: 32Carinthia: 38Lower Austria: 187Upper Austria: 174Salzburg: 72Styria:…

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Vienna. Minister of Economics Margarete Schramböck explained that she could “not rule out a lockdown” because she had “no crystal ball”. “Österreich” Newspaper reports that FPÖ and part of NEOS see a quick “lockdown” would be implemented again in Austria. Schramböck admittedly told the truth: the measures will depend on the further development. Unlike Lombardy, for example, Austria never had a real lockdown – i.e. a mass quarantine. Admittedly, there were “initial restrictions” for this. These – in the new law it is regulated that one may go out then…

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The Corona Commission has published its risk classification indicators for the current traffic light system. These show that in calendar week 40 (September 28 to October 4), the source of infection was unknown in 35 percent of SARS-CoV-2 cases throughout Austria. The figures published on Friday from the new cluster analysis of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), on which the Corona Commission relies, also show that – with almost 60 percent of cases – households continue to be the number one source of infection. “The school as…

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The effective reproduction number for Austria is again above 1.0 after one week. 1 infected person infected recently on average 1.13 further persons, as can be seen from the calculations of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) and the Technical University of Graz. According to the model, the number of newly infected persons increased by 4.4 percent daily during the period under investigation. In contrast to one week before, the effective reproduction number for October 7th was now again above 1.0 in all federal states. In some federal…

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