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“What we are currently experiencing is the beginning of the second wave. The number of infections is increasing day by day,” the head of ÖVP said in a written statement to the APA. Addresses the “urgent appeal” to the population to adhere to the measures.
“Two weeks ago there were around 350 infections per day, yesterday we already exceeded 850. The development is particularly dramatic in Vienna, where around 50 percent of all new infections are recorded in Austria. And we will soon reach the 1,000 new mark. infections per day Day “, hopes the chancellor.
“I ask the population to comply with all measures, reduce social contacts, use oral and nasal protection and keep their distance as much as possible everywhere,” Kurz appealed. Overall, though, the head of government sticks to his assessment, expressed in late August, that light can be seen at the end of the tunnel, and that summer will be largely normal again next year. “But it will be a tough fall and winter for all of us. So now we are all called and challenged to overcome the challenges of the coming months together with the same discipline and consideration as in spring.”
The government meets today with the social partners
Today Sunday, the Federal Government invites the social partners to the Chancellery. The reason is the growing crown number. As stated from the Chancellery, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) and Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) want to advise employer and employee representatives on the effects and challenges in the workplace due to the increasing number of infections.
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In addition to Kurz and Kogler, the Minister of Labor Christine Aschbacher (ÖVP), the Minister of Health Rudolf Anschober (Greens), the President of WK, Harald Mahrer and the President of ÖGB, Wolfgang Katzian, as well as the IV President Georg Knill will participate. and the president of the Chamber of Agriculture, Josef Moosbrugger, said. There should be statements around 4.30pm
SPÖ leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner warned Sunday before the special session of the National Council about the looming winter unemployment record. Labor market experts expect an increase to 500,000 unemployed in the coming weeks, the highest number of unemployed since 1946, according to Rendi-Wagner. The federal government remains inactive.
Rendi-Wagner: five questions for the chancellor
To increase pressure on Kurz, the SPÖ chief addressed five questions to the chancellor on Sunday: “What are you doing to prevent a negative record winter of 500,000 unemployed in Austria? How do you ensure that all young people who have an apprenticeship seek , also get an apprenticeship? Why are you blocking a permanent increase in unemployment benefits from 55 to 70 percent of your last earnings? Why are you denying a voluntary and subsidized 4-day week as an additional job development Part-time? Why are the ‘heroines and heroes of Everyday’ with the ‘Corona-Thousands’ denied the financial recognition they deserve? “
