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Participation in tests remains voluntary
What we know now: In the future, mass testing can also be done “to allow people to enter production facilities and attend events.” The federal government bears the costs of this.
Confirmations will be issued, however they appear, for the test result, which serves as proof of the test performed. Participation in testing as part of screening programs remains voluntary. Personal health data can be processed from those who participate.
Does the opposition even agree?
The law will be evaluated on January 3 and should take effect on January 18 before the planned opening. The exact parliamentary timetable has not yet been determined. In any case, the corresponding ordinances that regulate details such as controls must be drawn up. The road to get there is long, and it also goes through the opposition.
SPÖ party leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner tweeted Wednesday afternoon: There is no need to discuss a relaxation of the lockdown from January 18, “if infections do not fall below 1000 in the next ten days” . This limit, from which one was a long way off on Thursday with nearly 3,000 new infections, relates to how long the lockdown should last, not the question of free trial, a SPÖ spokesperson said. Here you await the exact text of the law.
This is now under evaluation, but: If the SPÖ, FPÖ and Neos do not agree with the Federal Council Friday Friday, the regulation would be postponed for weeks and therefore obsolete for the time being.
Nehammer: “Take back life”
Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) appealed to the population to participate in tests and vaccinations: “With regular tests or vaccinations, we will regain social life after the hard blockade. Everyone should be clear that without periodic tests or a Vaccination a normal life is not possible “.
“With this amendment to the 1950 Epidemic Act and the COVID-19 Measures Act, we are creating a legal foundation that allows us to gradually open and loosen in an epidemiologically better controllable manner. Our goal is to prevent a rapid increase in the number of infections after a confinement. It is important for me to emphasize that participation in the tests remains voluntary in any case, “said Health Minister Rudi Anschober (Greens).
