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It was the second highest increase in new infections: 869 corona infections were recorded in Austria on Saturday. Yesterday it was significantly lower at 463, but this is also due to the lower number of tests over the weekend.
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (VP) and Health Minister Rudi Anschober (Grne) appealed yesterday that it is even more important to comply with distance and hygiene rules, as well as strict crown measures at the national level with the requirement of extended mask and the smallest event sizes. the population.
The turquoise green coalition is reportedly discussing possible additional tightening, such as additional restrictions on private occasions such as weddings, funerals, and baptisms, because many infections can be traced back to family and friends.
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In the last few weeks there has been a discussion about the requirements for winter tourism. According to Anschober, they should show up this week. In the ORF press hour, he did not mention specific measures, for example for the gondolas, as much depends on the situation at the respective location.
Seated Apres-ski
Apres-ski in its current form will not exist, as was recently announced last week. Music with volume and “normal” seating rather than party at the bar will be there, according to Anschober. In everything, a balance must be found between the needs of the economy and the protection of health.
Anchober has yet to see a second wave in the corona pandemic. The situation is currently under control. But the next days and weeks would be decisive. Every effort is made to avoid an exponential in the direction of a second wave, said the Minister of Health.
Chancellor Kurz became clearer yesterday. “What we are currently experiencing is the beginning of the second wave. The number of infections is increasing day by day,” said the head of government. The development is particularly dramatic in Vienna, where about 50 percent of all new infections are recorded in Austria. “And we will soon reach the 1,000 new infections per day mark.”
He maintains that the summer of 2021 will be largely normal. “But the fall and winter will be difficult for everyone,” said the chancellor.
The head of the Crown Commission, Ulrich Herzog, also described the current development as “worrying”. Therefore, the commission, which otherwise always carries out the much-criticized color change at the Corona traffic light on Thursdays, is already meeting again today for a special meeting.
This will also involve repairing the corona traffic light. Risk areas should no longer be determined solely according to district boundaries. Professional and educational traffic must be included in the traffic light system, that’s why Herzog. As reported, the representative of Upper Austria on the commission, Jakob Hochgerner, had already requested it. Vienna, for example, has a strong displacement from the surrounding area and Linz from Amstetten, Herzog said. Austria’s largest HTL is located south of Vienna.
Larger traffic light regions
The model will gradually turn, so Anschober. Settlements with similar population structures and densities should be considered.
According to information from ON, the commission is debating whether Linz, Wels and Steyr, i.e. the central area of Upper Austria, should be considered as a single region.
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Daniela Schmid, spokeswoman for the Crown Commission, announced yesterday the much-scolded traffic light: “The traffic light is more necessary than ever,” she said to the growing number of cases.
