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“He’s getting serious again,” Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said at the news conference. There is a continuous strong increase in the number of infections. Therefore, it is necessary to take action – a new sharpening is quite possible.
As of Monday the following applies:
– Protection of the mouth and nose will generally be mandatory in commerce, again in schools, as it was in the spring.
– Event restrictions: 50 people inside, 100 people outside; for large events with a professional concept and assigned seating: 1,500 seats or 3,000 seats.
– In catering, masks for waiters, meals only in fixed places.
Kurz appealed to the population to be more cautious in general, “even if many cannot believe that the numbers will increase again.” She also touched on other countries that were doing well and now have huge problems, such as Israel.
Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler declared once again that they wanted to avoid a second blockade at all costs. It is about weighing how to bring together health protection and economic and social interests under one roof.
“The right measures must be taken at the right time,” said Health Minister Rudolf Anschober.
As expected, Anschober announced that more districts will turn yellow. In addition to Vienna, Graz and Kufstein, which were already yellow, they are now Innsbruck, Schwaz, Korneuburg and Wiener Neustadt. At the same time, the minister warned that green does not mean that everything is in order, the minister warned.
Interior Minister Karl Nehammer was delighted that “awareness of dangers has reached Vienna” – Subtext: better late than nothing …
Also in this context, the government could not avoid the controversy surrounding the reception of refugees from the burning camp of Moria in Lesbos. Kurz and Kogler largely kept a low profile, referring to the different known points of view; the common overlap is “help in place,” Kurz said.
When could there be a second blockage? The better the authorities worked, the more disciplined the people, the more likely they were to have a reasonably good time in the next few months. The point is that “we never get into a situation in which a decision has to be made in the hospitals: who will be treated and who will not,” replied the chancellor.
Anschober added that they also wanted to avoid a second wave.
