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After the third phase (increasing number of corona cases), phase IV is now beginning, according to Anschober. It is important to know why the number of people infected with corona is developing the way it does. Therefore, in September there will be a concept on how to approach winter tourism. Schools will no longer have major school closings. Starting today, events with larger groups of people are allowed again. “Let’s see how it works,” Anschober told a news conference in Vienna on Tuesday.
He assumes, provided the companies have developed the vaccines and are approved, that the first 600,000 doses of vaccine will be available in Austria from early 2021. That’s enough for 300,000 people. The first batches will be used to vaccinate employees in the health and nursing sector. A total of five vaccines from different manufacturers will be used.
Anschober believes that around 50 percent of Austrians get vaccinated against the coronavirus. By the summer all Austrians who want it will be vaccinated, “Anschober said. The vaccinations will be carried out on a voluntary basis, so Anschober will be vaccinated himself.
New measures this week
Since Tuesday, Austria has had a higher peak number of visitors in the fight against the crown, with 5,000 spectators for indoor events and 10,000 for outdoor events. Due to the increase in the number of infections in this country and due to the approach of autumn, there is speculation about an imminent tightening of the regulation, but Anschober defended this.
“I ask you to be patient for tomorrow and Friday, very important, the presentation of the first traffic light,” Anschober said. On Wednesday, after a Council of Ministers in the morning, a statement on new measures is expected, in which the VP coalition partner around Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz will also be involved.
However, Anschober indicated that the maximum number of visitors, which also applies to cultural events, could be respected for now. “We will look very closely at all the areas to see if it works or if we are experiencing a situation somewhere where this is not taken seriously or if for some reason more infections are emerging in this area. And then we have to intervene. , we will too. “
After criticism, Anschober relies on “legal expert advice”
In his “statement”, Anschober announced that, mainly due to renewed criticism of the planned crown laws, an “Advisory Council of Legal Experts” has been activated as of today, analogous to the one already active on matters of health, said the minister. This takes place in the course of the “difficult phase of the semaphore implementation”.
Earlier Monday night there was a conversation with “the best lawyers.” The department has yet to announce who is on this advisory council. That support was already in force in April, at that time in order to clarify any inaccuracies in the laws, ordinances and decrees in the course of the preparation of the “Package of measures VI of the Covid” – among others, the former President of the Court Acting Minister of Justice and Administrative Officer Clemens Jabloner was here with that.
Also in the department itself, the legal department will increase at the end of September, Anschober announced. Regarding criticism of himself, the minister said he would prefer praise, but could also deal with the opposite: “Yes, criticize me, criticism is fundamental,” said the minister. He is a person of dialogue, but it is also a matter of resources to carry it out. The dialogue with the National Council and the Federal Council will intensify significantly, after all, the new measures are on fundamental rights.
After criticism of previous crown laws on Tuesday, SP ombudsman spokesman Rudolf Silvan suggested that the ombudsman should also be involved in the drafting of new crown ordinances in the future. The organization has “great experience with the effects of laws on the lives of the population,” says Silvan, and knows how to avoid friction.
