Category: Austrian News

Vienna. Today the Corona traffic light is scheduled to start its trial operation. The criteria and measures, how the lights would be implemented are still disputed between experts from the Ministry of Health and the federal states.Today, however, the Corona Commission must decide when the traffic light will be switched to yellow. In addition to new infection rates, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober wants to include the number of tests, contact tracing and the number of intensive care beds in the criteria. However, individual countries complain that there is no nationwide…

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In Austria, 25,816 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. This is according to current figures from the Ministry of Health (as of 23.00 yesterday, 25. August 2020). A total of 1,110,089 tests were carried out and reported. The Ministry also currently has 3,085 active cases. Austrian Press always uses the figures from the Epidemiological Reporting System (EMS) as the basis for its reporting. The number of hospital patients remained relatively stable. 114 people have to be treated in hospital, the number of intensive care patients is unchanged at 23.…

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Vienna – 25.08.2020 – 211 new infections with the coronavirus were registered within 24 hours in Austria until Tuesday (9.30 am). The number of positive test results thus rose to 25,706 exactly six months after the first confirmed case in the country. 733 deaths related to SARS-CoV-2 have occurred since then, according to the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health, and 21,888 people have recovered. The number of confirmed current cases has fallen since the previous day. 137 Covid-19 patients are currently being treated in hospitals, two…

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Vienna. The corona virus currently follows a new logic in Vienna. According to a news report published by “Österreich” newspaper on Tuesday, 25 August 2020, low-income districts with many immigrants take the top spot in the ranking of internal AGES data of the Vienna districts – AUSTRIA lists the average number of cases of the last seven days per 100,000 inhabitants. The top 3 are Brigittenau, followed by Favoriten and Rudolfsheim – all of them districts with a high percentage of immigrants and low average income. Only in fourth place…

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So far 25,062 people have fallen ill, 732 have died and 21,406 have recovered. 116 hospitalized, 22 of them intensive care. 300 new infections throughout Austria. Vienna; 22. August 2020 –  In Austria, exactly 300 new infections with the coronavirus have been registered within 24 hours (as of 9.30 a.m.), 141 of them in Vienna, according to figures published by the Ministry of the Interior on Saturday. The number of deaths of infected persons rose by two persons to 732. So far there have been 25,062 positive test results in…

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Vienna, 21 August 2020 – Not only Austria is tightening its entry requirements due to the increasing number of corona infections, but also the travel warning for the Spanish Balearic Islands will come into force on Monday. Germany has now also classified parts of Croatia as corona crisis areas. Austrians are also affected by new entry restrictions imposed by other countries. Norway imposed a ten-day compulsory quarantine on all persons entering from Austria. It will apply from Saturday, 0 o’clock. The reason given is that travellers have to be quarantined…

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The highest number of infections in Austria had been registered  in mid-April 2020: Today,  20 August 2020, 347 new infections were counted in the last 24 hours.So far, there have been 24,431 positive test results in Austria. As of today (20 August 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 729 people throughout Austria have died as a result of the corona virus and 21,093 have recovered. Currently 116 persons are undergoing corona-related hospital treatment – 21 of them in intensive care units. New infections by federal provinces: Burgenland: 5Carinthia: 6Lower Austria: 21Upper Austria: 67Salzburg:…

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In a press statement today, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz commented on travel warnings and the current situation. “The virus is coming into Austria by car.” This was said by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) to media representatives on Sunday, warning of worrisome developments in the Western Balkan countries, which are also popular destinations for Austrians going to the seaside. He called for increased checks at the borders by the health authorities. A travel warning for Croatia will come into force on Monday. From then on, returnees will have to present a valid…

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Within 24 hours, 303 new infections were recorded – the highest number since early April.More than 300 new infections with the coronavirus have been recorded nationwide in the past 24 hours. This was announced by the Ministry of the Interior on Saturday morning. It is the highest daily growth rate since the beginning of April. The increase has once again surpassed that from Thursday to Friday, which Health Minister Rudolf Anschober had called worrying. According to the Ministry of the Interior, exactly 303 new cases were registered, 131 of them…

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