Anschober wants easier communication at the Corona traffic light – Coronavirus Vienna

Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) has admitted confusion in relation to the Corona traffic light and wants to return to “simpler and clearer communication.” “That was sometimes a little confusing and sometimes a little too much,” he said on “ZiB2” on Tuesday. At the same time, he urged the population to adhere to the precautionary measures of the crown.

When asked if the traffic light was badly implemented, Anschober replied: “We try to react correctly in a serious situation.” The traffic light is an extensive and highly qualitative assessment of the situation in the crown. It was always planned in such a way that the expert commission carries out a risk assessment and the government “decides the measures at the end of the day.” “But we have to be clearer and easier in communication. That was sometimes a bit confusing and sometimes too much.” Traffic lights will not be changed every week in the future.

Anschober made an urgent appeal to the population to “find the way back to basic measures in a consistent and responsible manner.” Because the numbers “with us have increased dramatically.” “We have forecasts that make us very thoughtful.” One of the calculated models assumes up to 1,300 new infections per day.

Simulation researcher Niki Popper from the Technical University (TU) also warned of a second wave in the ORF “Report.” This “is there when testing, tracing and isolation are no longer working.” “The numbers indicate that we already have a problem,” Popper said, confirming his “press” statements that “the test-trace-isolation strategy is collapsing.”

After the traffic lights have turned orange for some regions of Austria, talks between their representatives and the government will take place this Wednesday. Not only possible measures should be discussed, but also how health authorities are dealing with the increase in infections, how quickly testing is being done, and how testing works through the 1450 hotline.

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) had made it clear in advance that the traffic lights would not act automatically. “One is the change of traffic lights, the other is decisions of the federal government.” At the last meeting on Monday night, the Corona Commission put Vienna, Innsbruck-Stadt, Kufstein, Dornbirn, Bludenz, Mödling and Neunkirchen in orange at the traffic lights in Corona. Measures at events and schools are not necessary in the opinion of the committee.

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