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On Monday, the Corona traffic light in the St. Pölten district will change from yellow to orange. The risk of infection with Corona is considered high. New cases of infections have been reported in recent days. On Friday 136 people were registered who tested positive. So far, BH has issued 630 segregation notices, but some of these also affect other districts.
According to the district captain, Josef Kronister, there are no tipping points: “Infections sometimes occur at private parties, in schools and kindergartens, that is, where there are many people in one place.”
In gastronomy, guest registration is mandatory from Monday. Sporting events take place without spectators. “There is also no public hearing,” says the district captain.
In the city of St. Pölten, the traffic light for Corona remains orange: after the wrong saying “St. Pölten is turning ‘red’ ”, there was again a false alarm this week. The Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) has proposed “red” to the stoplight commission due to the number of infections during the past seven days.
With 134.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, St. Pölten is still in the top group in Austria. The recommendation serves as the basis for decision-making by the traffic light commission. The committee takes into account four other criteria: the availability of intensive care beds, how well the groups can be limited, how much has been tested and how high the transmission rate is.
“We have increased our staff and are therefore better positioned for contact tracing.”
From Monday to Sunday, nine people and a doctor are on call every day. The tracking rate is currently over 80 percent. “We have increased our staff and are therefore better positioned for contact tracing. On the other hand, the evolution of the number of infections is not encouraging ”, says the magistrate.
It was not encouraging for the magistrate who had to wait a long time for official information on the decision of the Corona traffic light commission. “That is a form of communication that we are already questioning,” says city council spokesman Thomas Kainz.
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