Corona traffic light – Wr. Neustadt turns yellow: stricter measures approach



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As of September 14, the following measures will be introduced in addition to the existing ones.

  • Commerce and gastronomy: Although recently only mouth and nose protection was required to be worn in supermarkets, banks and post offices, Mask now again in all stores and service providers necessary. This applies to both customers and employees. In the catering industry there is a mask requirement for waiters. Food and drinks can only be served at the table inside.
  • Education area: At City child care facilities and state kindergartens of Lower Austria Masks are required for parents when dropping off and picking up and for caregivers in public areas outside of groups. Sports activities are mainly carried out outdoors. the

Group rooms are intensely ventilated and specially cleaned. Care centers and kindergartens of private sponsoring organizations are urged to apply these measures as well. At schools Protection of the mouth and nose outside of its own class is mandatory for everyone. People outside of school can only enter school with MNS. In addition, sports and exercise should be done mainly outdoors, as well as singing without a mask or making music in music classes. the Wiener Neustadt University of Applied Sciences has changed to “yellow” internally since the beginning of the semester. This means: When entering the university and in all public access areas (hallway, auditorium, elevator, library, traffic and restroom areas, etc.), an MNS must be used continuously. The MNS can be removed in the conference room, seminar room, reading room and laboratory, as well as in offices and meeting rooms, if the minimum distance of one meter is ensured at all times.

  • Events: The following restrictions apply to events:
  • Interior with assigned seats: max. 1,500 people
  • Interior without assigned seats: max. 50 persons
  • Exterior with assigned seating: max. 3000 people
  • Outside without assigned seats: max. 100 people

Due to the increased number of cases, the city of Wiener Neustadt had already taken all the necessary measures in recent weeks. It is mandatory to wear a mask in town halls for customers and employees with customer contact from the beginning of July. More recently, new guidelines were drawn up for visiting Herrengasse together with local operators, and despite the green traffic lights, the city’s colorful festival that included the “Wiener Neustadt Concert” as a preventive measure was canceled.

“The yellow light means that there is a medium risk and that infections occur more frequently, but they are relatively easy to understand. While other cities, for whatever reasons, criticize the traffic light system, we accept this change and, as we have done since the beginning of the pandemic, we continue to do everything in our power to contain the spread of the virus within the city, which is only possible with everyone’s help. it is. Therefore, I urge the residents of Wiener Neustadt to adhere to the measures prescribed by the federal government; this is the only way to avoid endangering your own health and that of others, ”said Mayor Klaus Schneeberger.

“With due caution, it should be positively emphasized that the total number of infected people in Wiener Neustadt is currently stable and there is no significant increase in cases,” continues Schneeberger: the number of new infections has always been almost the same recently. Recoveries versus.



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