Kogler: contact tracing in Vienna has to be faster – Coronavirus Vienna

Kogler said late Wednesday in a discussion at the diplomatic academy in the federal capital that federal states like Vorarlberg and Salzburg had accepted federal aid and could follow up within 48 hours.

In general, Kogler was confident that the crown crisis in Austria was manageable, one should not simply look at daily infection figures. He is in favor of trying to counteract this with regional measures. In contrast to the situation in March and April, the Federal Government also sees a greater obligation to weigh the economy and employment.

EU Commission representative Martin Selmayr said there is no other place in Europe than Vienna where he feels safer. Compared to China, there was no real lockdown either. “It will not be ruled,” Selmayr said. No one knows when this health crisis will end. But you must assume that you will still have to deal with the virus until 2022, despite a vaccine. When asked since his dispute with Finance Minister Gernot Blümel (ÖVP) about the approval of subsidies, Selmayr said that this problem was artificially created.

Antonella Mei-Pochtler, director of the think Austria think tank affiliated with the Chancellery, pointed out that it would not be possible to continually increase staff for “contact tracing”. “We have to anticipate the virus,” he urged. There are many pieces to the puzzle here, but no magic formula.

Alexandra Strickner, a longtime board member of “Attac Austria”, demanded that the crown crisis should be used to reorganize the economy. The climate crisis is not going to go away either. Strickner called for massive investments in health, education and research systems. Wienerberger boss Heimo Scheuch criticized that very little was happening in view of high unemployment. It is about Austria as a place and a future.