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714 new corona infections in 12,505 tests over the past 24 hours: “Unlike on Saturday, the numbers have stabilized again today, as they have been since September 20. However, these values are still significantly too high, we have to go down with them Numbers. We are working on that with all our might, “Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) said on Sunday about current infection figures.
The strongest increases came from Vienna (249), Lower Austria (134) and Upper Austria (127). The number of “active cases” is currently 8,704 “relatively constant for two weeks,” summed up the department head. In terms of days, the reproduction factor remained “at a relatively pleasant 0.99”. It is estimated that an infected person infects another 0.99 people on average.
When looking abroad, the rapidly increasing number of infections in many parts of Europe is surprising, Anschober said. In neighboring Czech Republic, for example, the value of the seven-day incidence has already exceeded 150 after a daily increase of 3.3 percent, for Austria the value is 58.5. The seven-day incidence indicates how many people per 100,000 residents have contracted the virus in the past seven days.
Hungary continued with similarly strong increases with 3.8 percent and Slovakia with 6.1 percent, according to the minister. The Netherlands (plus three percent) and Belgium (plus 2.7 percent), like Great Britain (plus 2.7 percent), would continue to register strong growth. Austria is today, Sunday, with a plus of 1.5 percent.
Rapid tests political project
Education Minister Heinz Faßmann (ÖVP) announced on Sunday on the ORF “Hohes Haus” program that he wanted to rapidly expand the pilot project for rapid corona tests started in Vienna to other federal states. It is in talks with other countries, such as Tyrol, Lower Austria and Styria. The minister also announced that within the next three weeks uniform rules of procedure should be established to deal with (suspected) cases in schools.
Almost two weeks ago, Faßmann and Vienna Councilor for Health Peter Hacker (SPÖ) presented the new project to mobile teams, who travel in suspected cases and collect samples using a gurgling test. This should make it possible to clarify within 24 hours if the teacher or student in question is actually infected. At the presentation, Faßmann announced that he would also like to offer this knowledge to other countries if there is interest there.
Criticisms of health authorities
On Sunday, Faßmann said that talks are already underway, that is, with the states of Tyrol, Lower Austria and Styria. The project will run “as quickly as possible”.
When asked about his criticism of the different ways in which the respective health authorities treated potential or confirmed Covid 19 cases in schools, which he voiced in the middle of the week, Faßmann said he had warned “that we need uniform rules of procedure. “. To this end, he will meet with the Minister of Health, Rudolf Anschober (Greens) for a discussion and “process protocols” will be discussed. The result is then transmitted to the health authorities, “which is a guarantee of a uniform approach.” This “maybe the next week or two” will be accomplished, at most in three weeks, according to the department head.
Criticisms of Faßmann’s statements came from the FPÖ: “Statements such as that he will meet with the Health Minister next week to initiate uniform regulations for students and parents are testimony to the fact that this government has slept for the past few months,” he said. liberal education spokesman Hermann Brückl in a broadcast. (apa)
