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In addition to the already known cases in Tyrol, Vienna and Burgenland, Vorarlberg, Upper Austria and Lower Austria also reported possible mutations on Thursday. No cases have yet been confirmed. Sequencing by the Agency for Food Safety and Health (AGES) will take a few days. In Krnten, Salzburg and Styria, initially there were no cases.
In the “Lndle”, five people from Vorarlberg could have been infected with the mutated variant from Great Britain. His samples were sent to Vienna for further investigation. One now expects an early response from Vienna, he said. Vorarlberg’s proximity to Switzerland caused concern, where six percent of all new infections can be traced back to the mutation, said the director of the pathological institute in Feldkirch, Felix Offner, the ORF.
On Thursday afternoon, three suspected cases were also known in Upper Austria. More details should be given in the afternoon in a broadcast.
In Lower Austria, there is a specific suspicion of a coronavirus mutation in one case. As a spokeswoman for the state health official Ulrike Knigsberger-Ludwig (SP) announced to the APA this Thursday afternoon, the person affected is a woman from the central region of the country. A previous test was positive, the sample is now in AGES. Sequencing studies were underway. A result can be expected in the coming days, the spokesperson stressed.
Covid-19 was also found in two contact persons of those affected in Lower Austria. However, preliminary tests on the mutation were not yet completed in these cases on Thursday afternoon.
After 17 suspected cases of the British coronavirus mutation became known in the Tirol Jochberg (Kitzbhel district), more than 1,000 of the 1,500 Jochbergers took advantage of free PCR tests on Tuesday and Wednesday. Of these more than 1,000 tests, four were positive, the country announced Thursday morning. The samples will now also be examined by AGES to determine if it is a mutation.
