Additional corona measures planned: this could be exacerbated – Coronavirus Vienna

In view of the increase in the number of new coronavirus infections, the situation in the federal government is currently being assessed. “Additional measures are currently being discussed in the federal government. The focus is mainly on specific regional measures,” he said Monday at the APA’s request at the health department.

They did not want to speculate on what measures could be toughened and a possible date was not mentioned.

At the Foreign Ministry, the APA confirmed that the situation is being reassessed every day. Reference was also made to the fact that Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) had repeatedly lobbied for stricter measures in recent weeks. Both the Ministry of Health and the Chancellery noted that stricter measures have already been implemented at the regional level, such as just last weekend in Salzburg’s Tennengau.

Recently it was speculated in the media that at least in the orange regions at the traffic light in Corona, the limit of ten people for private celebrations could be reduced to five people and that the curfew, which is currently introduced in Vorarlberg, Tirol and Salzburg at 10pm, hitting bars across Austria. might. In addition, the rules for nursing homes could be tightened and the requirement for masks expanded, the newspaper “Austria” reported.

These individual measures were as little confirmed by the government as the rumor that emerged the previous week about the extended fall holidays in the orange districts.

Social Affairs Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) confirmed last Friday that he had additional measures “in the drawer”, but without specifically addressing them. He defended that the authorities were considering the matter as “highly professional”.

However, he de facto ruled out a possible imminent second blockade and emphasized that this would only be legally possible before a comprehensive collapse of the health system, which, however, is “miles away.”