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In our Corona ticker you will find the national developments on the corona pandemic. General questions: Information hotline 0800 555 621. If an infection is suspected: 1450. We notify you here every day until 2:00 pm.
Current numbers:
AGES board:*291,437 laboratory confirmed cases; 107,833 active cases; Recovered cases 180,157; 3,447 death cases; Tests 3,149,372 (period Austria 02/27/2020 to 12/03/2020 00:00:00).
The most important corona news at a glance:
- Since From Wednesday to Thursday there were 3,969 new infections in Austria Recorded. In the same period came 92 more deaths were added. In Austria, 3,538 people died with or from the corona virus.
- In Austria I needed Thursday 668 Crown intensive care patients and they were in intensive care units.
- In Vienna, Tyrol and Vorarlberg begin mass population test on Friday.
- There have been as many deaths as in mid-November in 42 years No longer in Austria, Statistics Austria reported Thursday. Those registered for the 47th calendar week 2020 2,431 deaths are 58 percent above the average for the past five years.
- The government presented the first opening steps after the closing on Wednesday: The kindergartens are reopening, the compulsory schools and the Matura classes To return to Face-to-face teaching back. the Higher grades Stay here Distance education. Trade open with people restrictions. Exit restrictions apply between 8 pm and 6 am
- As of December 19, people coming from a country with a 14-day incidence of more than 100 cases per 100,000 inhabitants will have to be quarantined for ten days upon entering Austria.
Massive testing: a series of breakdowns, IT failures in Tirol and Vienna continues
Again, there are problems with the software provided by the federal government for mass corona tests. People who tested negative on Tyrol initially received only late or no notification of their test results. IT failures happen again and again in the federal capital Vienna. Therefore, the Armed Forces have now created a paper backup, the city told the APA.
The series of breakdowns in the mass test continues without problems. Previously, there was a data breach through which the personal data of 800 people had been passed on to third parties.
Linz leaves the federal registration platform
The city of Linz is reacting to the series of breakdowns in the federal registration platform for mass corona tests and now wants to use its own system. Mayor Klaus Luger (SPÖ) announced this on Friday. Consequently, the state of Upper Austria wants to decide after the weekend whether to resort to its “Plan B”. LH Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) spoke of “an unsurprising development” in view of the series of breakdowns: “As often happens, the federal government advertises a lot, nothing works.”
Rather than an IT solution, the federally commissioned company provided only “new issues,” Luger justified this step. Starting from December 8, Linzers can register for the mass test at www.linz.at, which will take place throughout Upper Austria from December 11 to 14.
Strict Corona rules in Italy: ski areas closed until January 6
The Italian government wants to prevent a third wave of infections with stricter wreath rules around Christmas and New Year’s Eve. A decree signed by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte went into effect on Friday. Consequently, all ski areas will remain closed until January 6, as announced at a press conference on Thursday.
Furthermore, between December 21 and January 6, all Italians who have been abroad as tourists and are returning must be quarantined for 14 days. This also applies to foreign tourists who want to enter Italy.
According to Conte, the nationwide curfew will continue to apply between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. Only on New Year’s Eve will the lock be extended from 10 p.m. on December 31 to 7 a.m. on New Year’s Day. The division of the regions into the three risk zones of red, orange and yellow crown will also be maintained.
Transparent tests in Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg is particularly transparent in the mass testing of Austria. A separate dashboard shows the number of previous records and also the number of positive and negative test results.
Click here to view the “Vorarlberg Tested” dashboard
NEOS requires insurance coverage for mass tests
NEOS Burgenland requires insurance coverage for all volunteers in mass tests throughout Austria. Many volunteers are involved in handling the massive tests. “It is not clear how accidents or possible liability due to improper behavior will be addressed,” he said Friday in a broadcast by state spokesman Eduard Posch.
Liability and accident insurance policies have been taken out in the other federal states. In Burgenland, however, nothing is known about it. “The country must quickly ensure clarity and security and must not leave volunteers unprotected,” Posch demanded.
Bottom line: Kogler’s accusation is “absurd”
Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) rejected the accusation of “insensitivity” by reporting Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler’s (Greens) travel restrictions as “absurd”. “Everyone who knows me knows how closely I am connected to the Western Balkans,” said the Chancellor in an interview with VOL.at.
Kurz argued that he has been fighting for the Western Balkans to join the EU since his time as foreign minister. In addition, the Western Balkans is the region “that I have visited the most,” emphasized the Chancellor: “I have many friends with roots there, I am on friendly terms with the heads of government there.” He is happy about the “close ties” with this region.
However, it was seen in Ischgl in winter that après-ski was problematic. Furthermore, in the summer it was observed that a third of the number of infections can be traced back to people who have returned home, a “majority of them in the Western Balkans and Croatia,” Kurz explained. One has learned from it and therefore the travel restrictions for the Christmas season were issued. Returning travelers must not undo national efforts. The chancellor said it was “as much” about Austrians abroad returning to Austria, as it was about vacationers: “We have to limit that this year.”
Consumers are likely to raid stores on Monday after closing.
Online trading is likely to be the big winner from the lockdown. However, Austrian stores can expect a rush when they reopen on Monday. Because 53 percent of Austrians have yet to do their Christmas shopping. Here’s what a representative survey conducted by the Gallup Institute and the Institute for Commerce and Marketing at the Vienna University of Economics and Business from November 25 to 29.
One in two of this group, who have yet to shop for Christmas Eve, expected stores to reopen on Monday. Four out of ten respondents in this group prefer to buy online, mainly on Amazon. National online platforms play only a subordinate role, Gallup chief Michael Nitsche said on Friday. “The lockdown therefore acts as a big ad campaign for Amazon and redirects a considerable part of the available budget there.” The losers are Commerce and the Minister of Finance, who have lower tax revenues.
Austrians to storm stores from Monday
Pfizer: Corona Vaccine Supply Chain Issues Fixed
US pharmaceutical company Pfizer blamed supply chain problems for the delivery target of its corona vaccine that was phased out a few weeks ago. The start-up of the raw material supply took longer than expected, according to a company spokeswoman for the Reuters news agency. Since then, the production process has been modified so that vaccination doses can now be produced more quickly. Pfizer is developing the vaccine together with the German company BioNTech.
The increased supply of raw materials influenced the decision to cut the delivery target for this year in half to 50 million doses of vaccine.
Anchober: comprehensive tests after the holidays
In the federal states of Vorarlberg and Tyrol, as well as in the federal capital Vienna, mass testing begins on Friday. After a data leak on Wednesday, the registration system now “works properly” again, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) said in the “morning newspaper” Ö1. The responsible company assured him of that.
In the case of mass testing, Anschober does not decide what percentage of the Austrian population can be tested. For him, it is essential that “it is possible to recognize as many people as possible with infections and without symptoms” and that they can be removed from the “cycle of infection”. “We will offer another comprehensive population test even after the holidays,” announced the Minister of Health. This is how the number of unreported cases and the effects of the holidays should be displayed.
Biden wants Fauci as “chief medical adviser”
The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, wants renowned crown expert Anthony Fauci to be his top medical adviser. Biden told US news station CNN on Thursday that he had asked Fauci in a conversation to “be the chief medical adviser for me and part of the Covid team.” Biden also asked the American public to wear a protective mask for the next 100 days after he was sworn in in January.
Anchor appeal: “Close Checks” at Malls
In Austria, trade will open again on December 7. The minister called December 8 a “key day” because the holiday, which was open to the public, was previously considered one of the busiest business days of the year. In “ZiB2”, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) appealed to the owners and operators of large shopping centers: The new requirements must be implemented seriously. The executive will monitor it “in a very meticulous and focused way.” “I can already announce that,” Anschober said, making it clear: “Trade must ensure that the guidelines are adhered to and that they work.” You couldn’t download that with the “common employee” or “common employee”.
More than 23,000 new corona infections in Germany
From Thursday to Friday, German health authorities reported 23,449 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). The value is just above 22,806 cases from the previous week. With 432 new deaths in one day, the third highest level since the start of the pandemic was recorded in neighboring Germany. The previous high of 487 deaths was reached on Wednesday.
Mass tests begin in Vienna, Vorarlberg and Tirol
In the federal states of Vorarlberg and Tyrol, as well as in Vienna, mass crown tests nationwide and throughout Austria will begin on Friday. In Vorarlberg and Tyrol they are scheduled until Sunday inclusive, tests in Vienna until December 13. There are three locations available for Viennese. Testing takes place every day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Information from the previous day:
Anchorage: continuous heavy overload in intensive care units
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* The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) has adopted the Covid-19 panel from the Ministry of Health. As a result, there are numerous changes. The figures are no longer updated every hour, but once a day at 2 pm Due to the change, there may be major differences in the numbers. However, the data can be presented more accurately at the state level.
