The first Tyrolean ski areas cease operations

As of today, anyone who wants to go skiing in Tyrol must have a negative antigen test. The measure is part of the package with which the government of the Tyrolean state wants to prevent the spread of the South African variant of the coronavirus. There are currently 176 confirmed cases.

For the first ski areas in Tyrol, they are apparently no longer worth unlocking.

“Due to current developments with a renewed adjustment of the Tyrolean ski areas, the Bergbahnen Sölden are unfortunately no longer in a position to guarantee a satisfactory and responsible ski operation,” he said on the Bergbahnen Sölden Facebook page. Therefore, the ski operation will be “suspended until further notice” from Monday.

The “Steinplatte” ski area in Tiroler Unterland is also, according to a report by Krone.at is no longer open.

“Everything is fine,” says the young policeman at the Freilassing border crossing after reviewing a driver’s papers and letting the car pass. The papers mean one thing above all: the negative corona test. Without it, there are no more trips to Germany.

This was actually the case for 1,111 Tyrolese who wanted to go to Bavaria for the weekend: they were not allowed to enter, they had to return. However, they were the exception: A total of 41,144 people were screened over the weekend, only about three percent did not have the required corona-negative test.

The number of people infected with corona in Tyrol continues to decline. As of Monday noon, 951 people were infected with the virus, 33 fewer than the day before. In the past 24 hours, there were 62 positive test results, the lowest rate of increase since early October. At the same time, another 95 people were considered to have recovered.

In the Schwaz district, which is particularly in focus due to the South African mutation, there was no increase in the number of active positives: 175 people were still infected there. It was followed by the Kufstein district with 150 and the Innsbruck-Land district with 133. In four of the nine districts, the number of patients was less than 100.

The situation in hospitals also remained very stable: 20 corona patients were treated in intensive care units, a total of 91 people required hospital care (plus six). To date, 541,885 tests have been carried out in Tyrol.

The number of cases of the South African mutation in Tyrol confirmed by full or partial sequencing rose to a total of 318 on Monday. 176 of them were already fully sequenced and another 142 partially sequenced, the country announced.

Additionally, there were another 187 cases in which PCR suspected that the South African mutation was present and seven new cases were added.

About 58 percent of confirmed and unconfirmed cases in South Africa were in the Schwaz district. About 19 percent occurred in the Kufstein district, about eleven percent in the Innsbruck-Land district, and about five percent in Innsbruck. Three percent of the cases were due to the Reutte district, more than one percent to the Kitzbühel and Imst districts and less than one percent to the Landeck and Lienz districts.

Poland eased the blockade on a trial basis last Friday. After a storm in the ski areas, there is a threat of tension again.

The Bayer Group plans to deliver the first doses of the Curevac vaccine from its Wuppertal plant this year.

“We are very confident that we will be able to deliver the first vaccines before the end of the year, if all goes well,” CEO Werner Baumann said Monday during a visit by NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet to the plant. not yet available authorized.

Currently, the additional initial steps are not realistic. Short-term work is likely to be expanded.

Germany has tightened the entry rules for Tyrolese. Austria receives a lot of criticism for this. Germany defends them as needed.

Border controls when leaving the Tyrol went smoothly for the time being. From Friday to Sunday, a total of 41,144 people and 27,259 vehicles were searched, police press spokesman Manfred Dummer told the APA on Monday. 1,111 people were denied departure due to a lack of a negative corona test. In any case, the situation on the streets was quiet until the wee hours of the morning, with hardly any traffic jams.

With the completion of around 700,000 crown self-assessments, the week of classes started today for Austrian students. In Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Styria and Burgenland, the semester break is over, in Vienna and Lower Austria the second week of classes after the break is already on the line. In today’s elementary schools, classroom instruction was held for all students taking a test. The other schools work in shifts, the classes are divided into two groups, one of which has face-to-face classes on Monday and Tuesday and the other on Wednesday and Thursday (the other way around the following week). If you do not want to take an exam, you must learn the material yourself at home, but you will have the support of educators if necessary.

There is a special regulation for Tyrolean children and adolescents going to school in another federal state or pupils from other countries attending school in Tyrol. Due to the crown situation and exit regulations, it will generally remain in distance learning for the time being.

An Audi spokesperson said: “We are currently producing without restrictions, we are monitoring the situation and future developments.”

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In Croatia, the crown restrictions have been relaxed slightly since Monday. Bars, cafes and restaurants are allowed to sell drinks and take away food, but customers cannot stand in front of the bars.

Casinos, gambling shops, and arcades may reopen, but will not open nationwide. Indoor gyms and playgrounds are also allowed.

In two regions, Istria and Primorje-Gorski Kotar (Kvarner Bay), the opening of casinos and betting offices was postponed for a week at the suggestion of local civil protection personnel, Croatian media reported. The two coastal regions have a favorable epidemiological situation compared to the rest of the country.

After the race on Vienna’s test streets towards the end of the shutdown last week, the situation calmed down a bit: this weekend, the facilities were 50 percent full, as reported by a spokesman for the Councilor for Health. Peter Hacker (SPÖ) to the APA today. Just over half of the appointments (54 percent) have been booked for this week; Drive-ins at the Austria Center and Schönbrunn are particularly popular.

There are now eight test roads spread across the city. These are located in Ernst-Happel-Stadion, on the Danube Island (near Floridsdorfer Brücke), in the Austria Center Vienna, in the town hall, in the Schönbrunn greenhouse, in Alt Erlaa, in the Ferry-Dusika-Stadion and at the Therme Wien.

Researchers developed freely accessible “corona calculators” to determine the probability of transmission in school classrooms, theaters or offices.

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In Burgenland, 37 new corona virus infections were recorded on Monday. 6,215 people were vaccinated against it, of which 5,024 have already received the second dose, announced the Coronavirus coordination team. 99,643 people have registered for the Covid 19 vaccination.

The total number of confirmed cases in Burgenland is 11,754. Currently, 39 patients are being treated in hospitals, seven of whom are in intensive care units.

France’s European Minister Clement Beaune described the German decision in favor of border controls at the borders with Tyrol and the Czech Republic as “tough”. Such a decision in central Europe would have far-reaching consequences, he said in France Info.

I didn’t expect those steps to be taken by yourself. Currently, the federal government does not plan to step up border controls with France.

In Carinthia, a total of 66 new corona virus infections were recorded from Sunday to Monday. According to the state press service, one person died from or with the virus, and the death toll rose to 659. 83 people were hospitalized, seven of them in intensive care units.

Zimbabwe received 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from China as a donation.

This is primarily intended to vaccinate healthcare personnel. The South African country wants to vaccinate about 10 million people in a year.

According to China’s Ambassador Guo Shaochun, Zimbabwe is one of the first 58 countries to receive vaccine donations from China. “We are in talks to send more vaccines to Zimbabwe and we will ensure affordable prices,” he said.

So far, 35,172 infections have been recorded in Zimbabwe and 1,400 people have died as a result. The government lost several members of the cabinet to the coronavirus, including the ministers of Foreign Affairs and Transport.