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On Monday there will be a federal-state video conference for the purpose of voting, followed by a press conference.
3:29 pm, October 16, 2020
According to the Minister of Health Rudolf anschober (Greens) now also has chancellor on Friday afternoon Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP), in addition to specific countries, further tightening is also expected at the national level in the fight against the corona virus. Monday find a video conference between the federal and state governments instead of. It should serve “so that we can discuss next steps together and take appropriate action at the federal and state levels,” Kurz announced.
The reason for Monday’s federal-state video conference is that increasing number of infections in Austria. It should be between Chancellor Kurz, Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens), Minister of Health Rudolf anschober (Greens), Minister of the Interior Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) and the Provincial captains The current infection status and other measures are discussed. “The situation is deteriorating across Europe, and the number of federal states affected in Austria with the increase in new infections is also increasing,” Kurz recalled.
Next steps together
“The videoconference with the representatives of the federal states is intended to allow us to discuss the next steps together and take appropriate action in the federal government and in the federal states,” Kurz said, putting the population in further adjustment. When asked, the Foreign Ministry has not yet provided an answer to the question of what it would be: the talks were still ongoing, he said. After the video conference on Monday, you can expect a press conference with the presentation of new measures. The usual press conference on Friday, after the Corona traffic light was turned on, failed today, probably also because the Chancellor was at the EU summit in Brussels.
Living in the times of Corona – Experts recommend the following rules of conduct:
Reduce close contacts: The more and more often you are in contact with other people, the greater the risk of becoming infected or of other people.
Keep distance It protects you and others: keeping your distance is important, it can also be greater than 1 m. Wearing mouth and nose protection and washing your hands regularly will also help protect you from infection.
Means of cohesion Beware: It is better to talk to loved ones again on the phone rather than meeting in person. Avoid hugs and kisses as greetings.
Meet others outdoors: Fresh air is good for you, this is true once again in Corona times. So it is better to take a walk with your grandfather or your best friend instead of a coffee party.
Breaking chains of infection: Enter a Contact diary or even better: use the Stop-Corona application! In this way, the spread of the virus can be quickly reduced if the worst happens.
Note: you must use the typical Corona Symptoms of the disease have, please stay home and contact your family doctor or the 24-hour hotline – 1450!
In any case, Kurz emphasized that you can only go through the Reduction of social contacts, “which of course means the resignation of all”, could slow the increase in the number of infections. The more infections there are, the greater the challenge not only for the health system, but also for Threat to employmentny Loads for companiesthe chancellor warned. “We are currently seeing in other European countries that contact tracing no longer works after a certain level of infection and it leads to ever-increasing numbers and deadlock conditions. We want to avoid that in Austria, ”Kurz said.
Regional authorities are particularly good at countering the following areas of life:
Maintenance: Here, for example, Styria has installed its own traffic light in corona to adapt the precautionary measures to the current risk situation.
Schools: Education directions set the traffic light colors separately for these areas, here you will find the school traffic light for Styria and the school traffic light for Carinthia. In ten districts of Austria, the traffic lights of schools will be orange from next week. That means homeschooling or shift work for high school classes.
Events: The redder the traffic light gets, the more restrictive the authorities are in terms of the number of participants in the events. For example, here you will find the ordinance in which the measures were specified for the orange districts of Völkermarkt and Hermagor.
Leisure and gastronomy: The measures planned for the next few days refer to this area, for example the advancement of the Curfew or the prohibition of Face visors instead of closed mouth and nose masks.
Discipline in leisure behavior
The Chancellor appealed to the population to need “the cohesion of spring, which was our success factor in rejecting the first wave.” How Austria will manage to cope with or defend against the second wave now depends on the next few weeks and discipline all off. Especially that Leisure behavior It is critically important, as most new infections are currently in the private sector, Kurz warned.
“Even if the virus does not affect you yourself, an increasing number of infections can affect people in the family, among friends or in the work environment due to poor economic development. Therefore, determination, unity and solidarity are required in everything the country, “Kurz asked.
