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Antigen mass tests planned before Christmas will not be carried out in Austria at the same time: Vorarlberg, Tirol and Salzburg will start in early December. The tests should function as elections.
7:56 am, November 26, 2020
The planned Massive antigen testing before Christmas will not take place in the whole of Austria at the same time: Vorarlberg, Tirol and Salzburg start in early December. Carinthia also advances the massive crown test one week. In any case, the Cabinet gave the green light to the first massive corona tests on Wednesday. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) also announced that the Council of Ministers will adopt an opening plan next week. But that is fixed Schools and commerce will be the first to open.
“The corona infection figures are falling, but they are still at such a high level that I urgently urge the population to continue to adhere to the crown’s measures,” Kurz appealed and initially only announced “very cautious and slow opening steps. “after closing.
The Chancellor described the fact that Western countries are now starting mass testing earlier as Relief. It is also logical that federal states and urban areas need more time. At the same time, he emphasized that these first massive tests were not the end of the crisis. Full tests only make sense if they are repeated and require greater compliance with security measures.
Organize tests as elections
One Test balloon for test series represents the community of 2,200 inhabitants Annaberg-Lungötz in Tennengau Due to an extremely high incidence of 7 days, it is already December 1st and 2nd. The additional calendar in Salzburg: December 5 and 6 are around 11,000 educators called to be tested. The massive tests themselves are concentrated on December 12 and 13, similar to a State election. They should take place as far as possible in the state’s 534 polling stations, according to LH Willi of Salzburg. Haslauer Thursday in the morning newspaper Ö1.
In view of the corona pandemic, Haslauer also guaranteed a safe skiing holiday in Salzburg. Companies are well prepared.
Carinthia will test on December 12
The country Carinthia It also begins with the mass testing on December 12. The country announced this on Wednesday afternoon. Preparations are currently in full swing and details will be finalized in the coming days.
“Today we are probing and weighing everything, including feasibility. These voluntary mass tests allow us to quickly find infected people without symptoms who do not even know they carry the virus and thus reduce the number of corona cases.” said governor Peter kaiser (SPÖ). He referred to the upcoming Christmas and winter seasons, as well as the announced end of the shutdown.
First weekend of December
Vorarlberg and Tyrol will carry out initial tests in the population the first weekend of December (4-6). This means that in the two westernmost federal states, voluntary testing is also conducted for the population in parallel with testing for all teachers and kindergarten teachers. Salzburg will also start the mass tests earlier, that is, on December 12 and 13. Originally, the population was only forecast for the weekend before Christmas (19/20).
Governor of Vorarlberg Markus Wallner (ÖVP) saw “a great test weekend” as “more sensible” on Wednesday. As early as Tuesday, Vorarlberg advocated for the earliest possible test date. “After detailed discussions, we decided to do everything in one weekend,” said the governor, that is, testing the educators, the police and the population on a date, the preparations were in full swing.
Personal
the Placement of test stations – we are talking about gyms of Primary schools – is still developing, but each should have an area of influence of 5,000 people. What is necessary for it Personal – 20 people each – consists of eight of Red Cross provided employees for testing, eight Firefighters for security services, as well as four Community workers for organizational matters. The armed forces will equip the test stations with everything necessary and must be open from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
Citizens can Register online for the antigen test, but also by phone starting November 30. The test results will be within an hour by SMS transmitted. If the test is positive, confirmation is mandatory. PCR test – those affected can go to “their” test station the same day (after 5 pm).
For LH from Tirol Günther Fountain (ÖVP), the corona mass tests planned for December 4-6 represent an “ideal date”. Antigen testing has been advanced, on the one hand, to complete the “Tyrol Trials” campaign in the confinement phase and not immediately before Having to act at Christmas. “This will prevent those who have tested positive from having to be quarantined during the Christmas holidays.”Platter said Wednesday at a press conference at the field house.
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