1,731 new infections in Austria + vaccination prevents corona transmission with high probability

The gastronomy and hotel industry in Austria does not expect it to be unlocked anytime soon, despite the announcement of possible new prospects by politicians on Monday. “The government is obviously not thinking that something could open in early March,” the Austrian Hotel Association (ÖHV) told the APA on Friday. In view of the number of infections and the mutant in Tyrol, the health policy would not receive much approval, they say there.

The heads of the hotel and restaurant associations of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ) are invited to the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, but this is not confirmed there. The day before, one of the usual political meetings with virologists and other medical experts will take place with Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP).

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In Styria, 231 new corona virus infections had been reported as of midnight Thursday. 34 men and women have died with or from Covid-19 since Monday, including late registrations in the epidemiological reporting system.

This means that a total of 1,668 people have died in connection with the coronavirus in Styria. 2,321 Styrians are currently actively infected, 47,583 have already recovered, according to the state of Styria on Friday.

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Since the start of the corona pandemic, gyms in Austria have been closed for more than half a year. The studios are constantly losing members and are trying, in talks with the Ministry of Health and Economy, to finally reopen on March 1. With corona tests, as you have to do before you go to the salon, for example, that could be accomplished, says industry spokesman Christian Hörl.

“We are in talks with the sports clubs to coordinate,” Hörl told the APA on Friday. “In fact, we were very optimistic that it should have started again on January 24, until the topic of these mutations became increasingly broad.” Now there are again some signs that would point to a start on March 1, “but always with the reservation of how things will go with mutations.”

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Burgenland narrowly missed the criteria for orange inclusion.

According to a magazine report, vaccine manufacturer Biontech is developing software for nationwide vaccination management in Germany. They want the software to be up and running as quickly as possible, advises the Spiegel citing the company.

It must include all approved vaccines and control the delivery and distribution of doses. The software is initially being tested as a pilot project with the state of Bavaria and is practically ready. According to information from the magazine, Biontech is in talks with the Federal Ministry of Health.

With Curevac, another manufacturer has taken the next step towards marketing approval for its corona vaccine.

Due to the mutation of the coronavirus, Ireland has put Austria on a red list with stricter entry restrictions.

Travelers from Austria must undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine in Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said, according to Reuters on Thursday.

According to the Foreign Ministry in Vienna, a quarantine-free test should be possible after five days with a negative PCR test result.

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Brazil and South Africa are excluded from the freest. The Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs website explicitly states that travelers from Brazil and South Africa will not be able to free themselves from the 14-day quarantine.

Until now, the stricter entry rules only applied to South Africa and Brazil. Austria, the United Arab Emirates and sub-Saharan Africa were now on the list of countries with variants of the coronavirus.

Lidl and Nah & Frisch grocery stores had significantly more sales in the crown year. At the same time, costs rose due to crown-related hygiene and safety measures. Lidl’s revenue in Austria rose 6 percent to more than € 1.4 billion, at Nah & Frisch there was a 6.5 percent increase to € 309 million. However, there were high costs for hygiene and safety measures related to the crown.

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Lidl and Nah & Frisch grocery stores had significantly more sales in the crown year. At the same time, costs rose due to crown-related hygiene and safety measures. Lidl’s revenue in Austria rose 6 percent to more than € 1.4 billion, at Nah & Frisch there was a 6.5 percent increase to € 309 million. However, there were high costs for hygiene and safety measures related to the crown.

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Around 150 million people around the world have already been vaccinated against Covid-19 in recent weeks. Viral load is significantly reduced with vaccination.

In Poland, with the reopening of hotels and ski areas, there is a rush for the winter sports resorts. In the famous ski resort of Zakopane in the Tatra Mountains alone, up to 20,000 guests are expected this weekend, said the director of the local Chamber of Commerce of the PAP news agency. Zakopane says it has 40,000 places to stay.

The Polish government’s crown restrictions state that hotels and guesthouses can only work with a maximum occupancy of 50 percent. High booking figures were also reported from other winter sports venues.

The Warsaw government decided last week to open hotels, cinemas and theaters, as well as outdoor sports facilities and swimming pools for a two-week trial phase starting on February 12.

The Carinthia state press service reported 127 new infections with the corona virus and two other deaths on Friday. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, 658 Carinthians who can be proven to have died with or from Covid-19 have died. 81 patients were treated in hospitals, seven of them in an intensive care unit.

On average, during the past seven days, there were 105 new infections each day. The seven-day incidence, that is, the number of new infections in a week converted into a population of 100,000, was 131. The target is a value of 50, that is, significantly less. The proportion of positive results from the suspected case test was again quite high on Friday at a good 22 percent.

Among other things, a rally was held at Karlsplatz for up to 2,000 people. An event was also announced at Heldenplatz, with up to 1,500 people.

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Due to the spread of the South African coronavirus variant, since midnight it has only been possible to leave Tyrol with a negative test, no more than 48 hours. The departure on Friday morning was “without any problems,” said an APA police spokesman. Only “a few” would not have had a negative test.

There were also no important states. “There was only a little slow traffic due to wait times in front of checkpoints. But that was within limits,” he said.

In Burgenland, 33 new corona virus infections were recorded on Friday. The number of confirmed cases is 11,624, 445 people are currently infected. 6,201 received the vaccine, 4,529 received the second dose, announced the Coronavirus coordination team.

97,625 people have signed up to receive a vaccine. Currently, 44 patients are receiving treatment in Burgenland hospitals, six of them in intensive care.

In Lower Austria, 319 new coronavirus infections were reported on Friday. The total number of deaths related to Covid-19 diseases has risen from three to 1,245, according to information from the office of the State Health Councilor Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ).

7,108 contact persons were in home quarantine, 310 more than the day before.

The number of people currently infected with the coronavirus in Vorarlberg was stable on Thursday. 38 new infections faced 39 recoveries, the country’s dashboard showed on Friday. There were 526 cases of SARS-CoV-2. The deaths in Corona were not to be a cause for complaint Thursday. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, 265 people have died from or with the virus in Vorarlberg.

Of the 52 intensive care beds nationwide, six were occupied by crown patients as of Friday morning, 18 intensive care beds were still available for all patient groups. A total of 27 patients with a crown received hospital care. Eight hospital employees were infected with the corona virus, another ten were in quarantine.

More than 50 actively infected people were only registered in the most populated city of Vorarlberg, Dornbirn (77). 36 of the 96 municipalities of Vorarlberg were free of the corona virus.

Above the clouds, almost nothing is happening right now due to the pandemic. And airports, like Austria’s largest airport in Vienna-Schwechat, feel it too. The theft of passengers continued in January. The decrease was 90.5 percent compared to the same month last year, there were only 198,295 travelers, Flughafen Wien AG announced on Friday morning.

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Corona infections are on the rise again in Hungary, probably because the British variant is spreading, as Prime Minister Viktor Orban says on public radio.

However, no further blocking measures are required. The planned acceleration of vaccinations with vaccines from Russia and China could counter the development.