Salzburg – Starting Monday: departure restrictions for the Gastein Valley



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Bad Hofgastein, for which the restriction has already been in effect for a week (March 5, 12:00 am), currently still has 1,349 new corona infections per 100,000 residents in seven days. This value is also extremely high in Dorfgastein at 1,221, and Bad Gastein in the lower section of the valley, with an incidence of 429, is also well above the Austrian average. Overall, the Pongau, in which the valley is located, is currently the district with the third highest value in Austria with an incidence of 525, according to the broadcast.

The restriction has an initial validity of 14 days, that is, until March 28 at midnight. Everyone who wants to leave the valley must have a negative test (PCR or rapid antigen tests from official test stations, pharmacies, doctors, etc.). A PCR test can take a maximum of 72 hours, a rapid antigen test of 48 hours. Public buses are also checked. A vaccine does not relieve you of the obligation to take the test. In addition, the country announced exhaustive controls by the health and police authorities to ensure that the general corona measures and the separation notices are being complied with.

Excluded from the exit restriction are people who pass without stopping (Tauernschleuse by train), people who have had a Covid-19 infection in the last six months and can prove it with a medical certificate, people with an antibody test that does not have more than three months is, commercial traffic of merchandise and in the case of official or judicial channels that cannot be postponed. The military will provide assistance in reviewing the restrictions.



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