Corona figures on the rise: Vienna calls for stricter measures – Coronavirus Vienna

Health Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) announced in an interview with the APA on Thursday that he would discuss this with the federal government. New regulations at the national level or the possibility of imposing regional measures are necessary due to the increase in coronavirus cases, he explained.

The city council will report tomorrow, Friday, after the talks, what hardening it considers sensible, as announced. However, he indicated that there could be additional obligations to wear mouth and nose protection, as well as new regulations on the maximum number of people indoors or at outdoor events.

The number of cases would unequivocally increase in urban areas, not just in Vienna, warned the city’s Health Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) in an interview with the APA. That is why it is necessary to tighten the measures again: “We need some rules of the game again.” However, Vienna is in the “legal dilemma” of not being able to take the precautions on its own.

According to the city council, it would be possible, for example, to insert a passage in the respective ordinances that different regional regulations can be issued. In any case, Hacker wants to create additional measures outside of the family association, as he emphasized. Therefore, the new stricter measures should be taken for commerce or for general access indoor spaces, but also for outdoor gatherings.

The department head assured him that he was now satisfied with the development of the Corona traffic light. Because additional parameters were added after working discussions with the federal government. The different testing strategies are now also taken into account. Vienna, for example, systematically tests contact persons, who also discover cases without symptoms, as was emphasized at the city hall.

Hacker assured that he did not want to get away from him, even if the number of cases would decrease rapidly. Because this would mean that many infections would go unnoticed. Hacker said he still did not know if the traffic light would be yellow or orange tomorrow Friday: “I also agree with the orange. That should not be a larifari instrument.”

Meanwhile, a few days after the school started, some cases were known in Vienna schools. According to a “Today” report in Hernals, two classes were sent home due to suspicious cases. In another case, a tested student is said to have arrived at the school before the test result was available. As was positive, according to the report, colleagues or teachers had to go into quarantine.

In Vienna, the numbers rose again by 387 coronavirus cases in 24 hours, to a total of 9,946 previously confirmed infections. The death toll related to the virus is 224. A 77-year-old man has died. 7,137 people have recovered.