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According to information from KURIER, the reason is the high number of new infections and the situation in intensive care units. Despite the exit restrictions and the closed catering service, the number of new infections is still at a high level: 2,485. At the same time, the situation in national hospitals is not improving. According to AGES, 3,410 patients are in hospital treatment, of them 548 in intensive care units. 800 corona patients in intensive care units is considered the limit of overload.
Contrary to popular belief, the average age of Covid patients treated at Vienna General Hospital is not 70 years or older, but only 55 years. So there are also younger people who are seriously suffering from Covid. Additionally, nearly 5,000 Covid deaths have been reported in Austria since the outbreak of the pandemic. In the last 24 hours alone, there were 108 deaths.
Realistic renewed measurements
The infection process, the number of intensive care patients and those who died from or with Covid-19, as well as all those deaths that can be caused by limited treatment options, are “dramatic”, you can hear in circles. governmental.
Knowing that more people will gather during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays and that new infections will increase automatically, the government should take action again.
The ski slopes are reportedly due to open on December 20 as planned. This could also create tension if associated leisure accidents worsen the situation in hospitals.
That must come
Everything should remain as usual until December 24: the shop remains open, private gatherings are limited to six adults from a maximum of two households.
