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“The next few days will be days of setting the course. If the partial blockade is not relaxed, then we will have to tighten the partial blockade,” Anschober said.
The positive tests recorded – there were 5,933 nationwide on Sunday – Anschober described in a press release as “still dramatically high,” while the 459 Covid-19 patients in intensive care units, a 58 percent increase in a week, as “worrying”. . Now it is important to ensure that “the limits of the health system are not exceeded.”
Anschober appealed to the population to “at least halve” contacts, maintain the minimum distance, wear oral-nasal protection masks, strictly adhere to measures such as night-out restrictions and use the Stop Corona app: “Please become one now. Be part of the solution and accept responsibility. Be especially careful when visiting nursing homes and elderly people. Register in advance by phone, take the test beforehand, wear a protective mask and follow the guidelines e information provided by management. “
Due to too many cases of infection in nursing homes and for the elderly, the tests in this area were “massively toughened,” Anschober explained. According to this, 100,000 antigen tests were delivered to nursing homes and nursing homes in the past week. Another three million have been ordered, which will be gradually moved to the homes.
There were currently 1,507 infected residents in Austria on Sunday, 43 more than on Saturday. The staff included 877 confirmed cases, 19 more than on Saturday.
