Category: Austrian News

Today the seven orange districts are meeting with the Chancellor and the Minister of Health. New Corona measures will be announced thereafter. Yesterday the Corona traffic light was officially switched. As reported, seven districts – including Vienna and Innsbruck – have now been switched to orange. 35 districts are now switched to yellow. Throughout Austria, the number of new corona virus infections rose to 764, which is four times higher per capita than in Germany. But: switching to orange and the warnings of a “higher rate of infection” did not…

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After the first school week in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, there are already 90 confirmed cases of corona. Alone 70 fall on Vienna. Vienna. Besides the students, teachers and administrative staff are also infected. It is not known how many Viennese locations are affected and how many people have been quarantined as a result. However, the majority of cases are said to be isolated cases. Already first measuresIn Lower Austria, “corona-related measures were taken by the health authorities in the past few days at 32 of around 1,158 school…

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The drastic increase in corona infections is causing the government concern. “These figures are clearly too high for this point in time,” said Health Minister Rudolf Anschober on Saturday. Specifically, the authorities reported 869 new infections in just 24 hours yesterday (as of noon). Vienna alone registered 444 of these. For comparison, the highest daily increase to the peak of the pandemic so far in Austria was 1,065 new infections on March 26. However, only 322 people nationwide recovered from the novel virus infection during the same period. Infections in…

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Saturday, 12 September 2020 – Corona figures continue to rise at a high level. Since Friday 869 new cases have been registered in Austria. In the past 24 hours there have been 869 new infections with the corona virus throughout Austria. In all nine provinces there has been a further increase in positive test results. This was particularly drastic in Lower Austria, where the value reached the three-digit range, and in Vienna! The federal capital reported the largest increase among the federal states. The numbers in detail: ➤ Burgenland: 9…

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The steady rise in Covid positives is causing the government to react now. Vienna. “Let us all become more cautious and take the situation seriously again. Our clear goal is to prevent a second lockdown. But we will only succeed if everyone makes a contribution and the measures are adhered to,” appealed Chancellor Sebastian Kurz yesterday. On Friday there were initially 580 new coronavirus cases by 11 a.m. compared to Thursday, when there were almost 700. In the evening a big shock for the government: by 8 p.m. there were…

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Vienna – 12 September 2020 – The head of the traffic light commission, Ulrich Herzog, is concerned about the latest development in new corona infections, as he said Friday evening in a ZiB2 interview. As of 9 p.m., 912 new infections were reported within the past 24 hours, the highest figure since the end of March. In the morning, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior announced 580 confirmed new corona infections at 9:30 a.m. The figures would correspond to “what we have been seeing for a…

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Friday is Corona traffic light day: According to “Kronen Zeitung” in its Friday edition, the Corona traffic light commission declared that the state capital Linz is now switched to green. For the Styrian state capital Graz and the federal capital Vienna however still yellow applies. In addition, Innsbruck, Schwaz and the districts of Korneuburg and Wiener Neustadt will be upgraded to this medium risk. The daily newspaper reports further that the mask obligation is also being tightened up again throughout the country, details of which the federal government will announce…

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A mask obligation for all stores and restaurants should come back. Regardless of the traffic light color. Thursday was marked by fierce discussions about the traffic light color to which the Austrian capital will be switched. Thursday evening brought a completely different surprising news. The Corona commission expresses a recommendation that not only in supermarkets but in all business and restaurants again a mouth nose protection shold be worn. Another new rule, which is to be completely detached from the traffic light color, concerns events. At least the “yellow” rules…

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The children started the new school year on Monday – several suspected cases of corona have already been reported. The corona numbers in Austria have recently increased rapidly. On Wednesday more than 500 new infections were again reported, more than half of them in Vienna. Schools are also affected by the local outbreaks. Just a few days after the official start of the new school year, two school classes at a grammar school in Vienna had to be sent home with their teachers. As the school principal confirms, there are…

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