Category: Austrian News

The Corona traffic light for Austria shines yellow-green and yellow. On Wednesday, the traffic light commission rated the provinces of Lower Austria, Styria, and Vorarlberg with low risk. Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, and Vienna were rated medium risk, with Carinthia, Upper Austria, and Vienna now only slightly exceeding the threshold for medium risk. According to the report, the risk figures have decreased in all federal states, in some cases considerably. The score of 50, below which one is in the “yellow zone,” was also fallen by all. Tyrol…

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Twelve new deaths were linked to Covid 19 infection. From Tuesday to Wednesday, 2,935 new infections were registered in Austria. This is slightly above the 7-day average of 2,559 infections. The 7-day incidence drops to 201.26. In the past 24 hours, 231,690 PCR tests were performed. The positive rate is 1.27 percent. Currently, there are 40,239 active Corona cases in Austria. In addition, there are 12 new deaths. Thus, 18,619 persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died so far throughout Austria. Due to a technical problem, Carinthia has no figures today,…

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Vienna is again taking the stricter Corona route: even after June 1, the FFP2 mask requirement will remain in public transport, pharmacies, surgeries, and hospitals. FFP2 mask requirement drops from JuneVienna’s provincial government deviates from the federal government’s mask exemption. As Mayor Michael Ludwig announced after a meeting of his crisis team, FFP2 masks will continue to be required to be worn in public transport, pharmacies, surgeries, and hospitals. The mayor pointed out that these are particularly vulnerable settings. Vienna again takes a stricter approach to Corona measuresThe mayor emphasized…

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Masks are mandatory only in health care settings as of June 1. No more Corona tests in schools. The FFP2 mask requirement will be paused from June 1 in supermarkets and public transport. However, mandatory masks will continue to apply in the health sector.The Minister of Health expects that mandatory masks will be required again starting in the fall. In addition, PCR tests will no longer take place at schools from June 1. Mandatory vaccination remains suspended. Call for Corona vaccination to follow in September. The Federal government announced far-reaching…

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On Tuesday morning, the decision regarding compulsory vaccination and masking will be notified by Health Minister Johannes Rauch. Mask obligation in supermarkets remains. After the expert commission for monitoring the vaccination obligation presents its new report to the federal government on Monday evening, the coalition will decide on Tuesday how to proceed with the Corona vaccination obligation. Here’s how to proceed with the Corona vaccination requirement It is expected that the vaccination requirement will remain suspended over the summer and that the law will not be “armed.“ There should be…

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On Monday, one thousand seven hundred fifty-three new infections were reported in Austria, the lowest number since December 27 of the previous year. A week ago Monday, there had been 2,658 new cases. The seven-day incidence dropped to 223.1. Five hundred eighty-two people are hospitalized with or because of Corona, down 52 from the previous day. Of these, 52 are being cared for in intensive care units, up to seven since yesterday but down ten in a week. In terms of new infections, Vienna led with 656, followed by Lower…

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Corona infection numbers are currently dropping, and Austria and all of Europe are more concerned with the novel monkeypox than the coronavirus. After more than two years of the pandemic, the situation seems to have calmed down a bit for the time being. Virologist Dorothee von Laer does not see any significant dangers coming this summer. Up to 3,000 new cases a day is registered in Austria, many times more than in previous years. In the summer, Von Laer also expects higher infection figures, but an interview with the “Kronen…

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From Friday to Saturday, 2,572 new infections were registered in Austria. This is below the 7-day average of 3,189 infections. The 7-day incidence drops to 250.79. In the past 24 hours, 74,300 PCR tests were performed. The positive rate is 3.46 percent. Currently, there are 47,014 active Corona cases in Austria. In addition, there are ten new deaths. Thus, 18,343 people with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died so far throughout Austria. Currently, 647 patients are being treated in the hospital, two less than on Friday. In intensive care units, 54 patients…

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For now, Austria continues to adhere to the FFP2 mask requirement, and for a good reason. But the places where it applies are few. “The regulations in Austria are designed to protect people at increased risk of severe covid-19. They are limited to those areas these people need to go to in everyday life.” That’s the word from the Ministry of Health this week in response to a question from “Heute” about why they were still sticking to the FFP2 mask requirement. For many months the piece of cloth in…

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