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By Peter Nindler
Innsbruck – Traffic light colors are one thing, travel advisories for Austria and Vienna are another. Above all, the assessment of the situation by the Robert Koch Institute, the central German federal government institution for disease control and prevention, is also seismographically tracked in Tyrol, because travel warnings are based on their assessments. The alert value is an average of 50 cases per day per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days.
Tyrol is still somewhat far from that, as is the state capital, Innsbruck. There are currently around 70 new infections across the country, in Innsbruck there are 20 to 25. “However, we do not judge by the numbers, but also by the tracing and sources of infection. And of course about the capacities of the hospitals ”, says the head of the Tyrolean task force Elmar Rizzoli. However, the mere hint from the German Foreign Ministry that there are a significantly increasing number of infections in Tyrol sounds the alarm bells.
The metropolitan areas are currently the country’s problem areas, especially the furrow of the Inntal. Sources of infection are private parties, gatherings after sporting events, and in bars. The proportion of infections among people with a migratory background is also relatively high. What’s next now?
After the start of school is before the start of college. For the experts of the working group, the next two weeks will point the way. LH Günther Platter (VP) currently wants to refrain from regional adjustments. “After we had problems with people returning from travel a few weeks ago, we can now see that the number of infections is increasing more and more after events and crowds.” The number of infections in Tyrol is too high. Therefore, according to Platter, the tightening of measures put forward by the federal government, such as expanding mouth and nasal protection for guests in the restaurant industry or restricting the number of people for indoor events, is absolutely welcome.
Tyrol football president Josef Geisler is also in a difficult situation. The goal is to hold the fall championship in the lower house halfway “infection free.” The canteens, so important to the clubs, have recently emerged as hotbeds of danger. Therefore, the football association hopes that the referees understand the reason, and there should be a clarification at the weekend.
