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The wreath rules for the Christmas holidays are now fixed. The Ministry of Health has sent to the parliamentary parties the draft of the corresponding regulation, which will be adopted by the main commission.
Consequently, exit restrictions and Rules for relaxed December 24 and 25 meetingsOn St. Stephen’s Day, December 26, return to the current rules.
Confusion about mask requirements
For him Christmas Eve and Christmas now it is provided that Gatherings of no more than ten people from no more than that number of households is allowed.
Otherwise, six adults and six children under two households can meet. However, it is now stipulated in the regulation that this Wear mouth and nose protection indoors is. But that doesn’t apply on Christmas Eve.
This mask requirement applies from December 17 (through December 27).
the mask It is also gaining ground in the workplace. She writes the regulation in companies where people come together. Alternatively, protective measures such as the installation of partitions or plexiglass walls and organizational protective measures such as the formation of permanent teams are listed.
Residences: PCR test twice a week
For nursing homes and retirement homes, employees are now required to undergo an antigen test or PCR twice a week. If not enough are available, priority should be given to those who have direct contact with patients. They should also have access to one test per week. Those who work in hospitals must also take a test once a week.
Ski season: gondolas half full
Arrangements are already being made for the ski season, which should start with Christmas. Here, in the regulation available to the APA, it is explicitly established that a maximum of half of the transport capacity can be used in closed or covered transport equipment (gondolas, cabins, upholstered armchairs).
Now also the locations that can be revisited in the near future are determined (in addition to the museums and libraries that are now open again). These are animal parks, zoos, and botanical gardens.
Events for the practice of religion are explicitly excluded from the general rules of the ordinance. What’s new is that in areas where testing is required, those who have been shown to have had Covid 19 infections in the previous three months are excluded.
No regulations have been set for New Year’s Eve yet, as the regulation will expire on December 26. It goes into effect on December 20.
Violent criticism of the opposition
the FPÖ harshly criticizes the Christmas regulations. Among other things, the club boss Herbert Kickl complains that in the future it will be possible to wear a mask in offices. Also, he’s bothered by the fact that night-out restrictions and limited meeting options apply again at Stefanitag.
“Stay away from the Christmas holidays,” demands the leader of the liberal parliamentary group. Christmas is the epitome of family celebration, family, it belongs to families. Kickl also doesn’t like the fact that in the future you’ll have to wear a mask with your aunt or uncle in the basement hall.
the NEOS Again, they criticize the travel regulation for the Christmas season. The federal government is ignoring the reality of the lives of thousands of families, the vice president of the NEOS club, Niki Scherak, is angry that there are almost no exceptions: “The government is imposing a de facto travel ban on hundreds of thousands of Austrians in abroad and separating families “.
The ÖVP and the Greens would risk entry and test chaos due to the short-term nature of the regulation, according to Scherak: “Many will probably rush in before the quarantine rules go into effect. That means crowded trains, flights and traffic jams. at the borders. All this is for the infection process is not beneficial. “
The MP believes that children studying abroad had to travel to Austria once a month so that they can now go to Austria at Christmas DIPSTICK– The club boss, Jörg Leichtfried. This also applies to spouses who may have been employed abroad for a few months. In principle, once again it is completely incomprehensible why the regulation comes so late. Basically, for Leichtfried, the entry controls and the rules for presenting a negative corona test if they serve to combat the pandemic are correct.
