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In our Corona ticker you will find the national developments on the corona pandemic. General questions: Information hotline 0800 555 621. If infection is suspected: 1450.
Current numbers:
Old board:
50,109 confirmed cases; 9,207 active cases (as of October 6, 2020, 12:00 pm)
39,790 recovered; 822 deaths; 1,716,505 tests performed (as of October 6, 2020, 12:00 pm)
New board: *
50,435 laboratory confirmed cases; 11,383 active cases; Recovered cases 38,212; Deaths 840; Races 1,716,505 (Austria period 02/27/2020 to 10/6/2020 4:30 PM)
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On Tuesday, the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) took control of the Covid-19 dashboard from the Ministry of Health. As a result, there are numerous changes. The figures are no longer updated every hour, but once a day at 2 pm Due to the change, there may be major differences in the numbers. However, the data can be presented more accurately at the state level.
The most important corona news at a glance:
- As of Tuesday, there were 9,207 active cases in Austria. Due to the way the new panel counts, there are 11,383 active cases on Wednesday morning.
- From Tuesday to Wednesday, 1,029 new infections were registered.
- The difficult cases fund will run until March 2021. The bridge fund for artists and the fund for NGOs will also extend until the end of the year.
- Romania tightened entry regulations for Austria. Entry from Austria must go into quarantine for 14 days from Wednesday. From the eighth day a PCR test can be performed. If the test result is negative, the quarantine can end on the 10th day.
- Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) also tested negative for the corona virus.
- Finance Minister Gernot Blümel (ÖVP) reported that Belgium will lift its travel warning for Vorarlberg.
- Italy extends state of emergency until January 31, 2021
Doctors criticize masks and uncertified PCR tests
“We have to get used to living with the coronavirus and accept that people die from it, as well as from traffic accidents, influenza and cigarette smoke,” said medical expert Andreas Sönnichsen at a press conference in Vienna. Corona measures “sometimes do more harm than help”: self-sewn and misused masks are not very effective. Furthermore, Dr. Martin Haditsch criticized the fact that most of the PCR tests used “are not certified”.
Blümel examines fixed cost grants
The government does not need the approval of the EU Commission to expand support measures for micro-enterprises, associations and artists. And it seems like the “fixed cost subsidy” for the larger companies. Here the approval of the EU Commission is required. He has offered to approve a maximum financing amount of two million euros per company. Blümel wants to check it out now. Blümel wants to continue campaigning for significantly higher grants of up to € 5 million “if possible”.
Schönbrunn puppet theater struggles to survive
The Vienna Puppet Theater at Schönbrunn Palace struggles to survive. Due to the Corona crisis, world tours were canceled. In addition, operations were severely restricted. Now the company’s existence is under threat, filmmaker Christine Hierzer-Riedler reported Wednesday in a letter. Now a petition has been started for the receipt of permanent funds from the city and the federal government. Click here to view the petition.
Current figures on the corona virus
So far 50,848 positive results have been obtained in Austria. As of today (October 7, 2020, 9:30 a.m.), 830 people in Austria have died from the consequences of the corona virus and 40,499 have recovered. Currently, 525 people are in hospital treatment due to the coronavirus and 100 of them are in intensive care units.
New infections since the last report are distributed among the Austrian federal states as follows:
- Burgenland: 42
- Carinthia: 16
- Lower Austria: 173
- Upper Austria: 141
- Salzburg: 42
- Steiermark: 31
- Tyrol: 123
- Vorarlberg: 34
- Vienna: 427
Press room after the Council of Ministers
Kogler on relief efforts
Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) announced Wednesday that the difficult cases fund will run through March 2021. The bridge fund for artists and the fund for NPOs will also run through the end of the year.
Belgium lifts travel warning for Vorarlberg
Finance Minister Gernot Blümel (ÖVP) reported that Belgium will lift its travel warning for Vorarlberg.
Köstinger to the aid fund
According to Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP), 10,000 applications have already been paid through the NPO fund. Clubs can still request reimbursement for failure costs until the end of September. The minister welcomed the lifting of the Belgian travel warning for Vorarlberg. However, travel restrictions imposed by Germany would severely affect winter tourism in Austria. People who rent private rooms can now also apply for help from the financial hardship fund. Agricultural businesses should also be supported.
Artist Grant Increased
The Secretary of State for Culture, Andrea Mayer, explains that the situation of artists continues to be very difficult. Therefore, the grant will be increased from 6,000 to 10,000 from the Artists Fund. A new request can be made to receive the raise, Mayer explains.
For the first time more than 4,000 new infections in the Czech Republic
Neighboring the Czech Republic is also battling a growing number of new infections. For the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, the country now reports more than 4,000 new infections in one day. According to the Ministry of Health, there were 4,457 new infections there. The previous record was 3,794. A total of 90,022 infections and 794 deaths have been reported in the Czech Republic since March. On Tuesday alone, 13 new deaths were added, according to the CTK news agency.
Burgenland: two district authorities in emergency operation
In the last 24 hours, most of the new infections in Burgenland occurred in the district of Neusiedl am See. The Oberpullendorf district is also fighting a growing number of infections. Therefore, Neusiedl is now tightening Corona’s measures and switched both district authorities to emergency operation.
There are two clusters in the Neusiedl am See district. The first was formed around a football club in Neudorf, near Parndorf. The second is a family group. The stoplight commission had put the district in orange (high risk). Consequently, the district authority has ordered additional measures to curb the spread of the corona virus. As of Wednesday, events are only allowed with assigned and marked seats. In addition, the number of participants was limited to a maximum of 250 people in closed rooms and a maximum of 500 people outdoors.
Lower Austria: three cases in school nurseries in the afternoon
In Altlengbach (St. Pölten district), three employees of the school nursery, organized in cooperation with an association, and the access space have been infected with the corona virus and are ill. Therefore, 60 children were segregated as a precautionary measure, according to Deputy Mayor Daniel Kosak (ÖVP). All teaching staff and community staff were tested for infection. There were no other positive results, Kosak said Wednesday when asked.
Short-time work: so far 181 complaints against companies
There were far fewer violations of the legal requirements for Corona’s short-term work than was initially feared. According to the daily “Die Presse”, the financial police lodged a complaint in 181 cases on suspicion of fraud to social security. Since April 21, the financial police have reviewed 13,829 businesses, mostly in industries that were not affected by the shutdown or only slightly.
Lower Austria: 173 more new infections
In Lower Austria, the number of confirmed corona cases rose by 173 on Wednesday and is now 7,725. The number of people recovered also increased by 83 from Tuesday to Wednesday and is now 6,299. In Lower Austria, a total of 121 deaths are to be regretted in connection with a Covid 19 infection. 1,305 people were therefore considered to be actively ill. So far, 285,846 tests have been carried out.
Half of the classes at the Vorarlberg school are separated
At Klaus Secondary School in the Feldkirch district, three teachers and five students tested positive for the corona virus. Therefore, five of the ten classes in the school have been separated. They are now being taught remotely, according to State Governor Barbara Schöbi-Fink in a broadcast Monday night.
Graz researchers save sharks’ lives
Squalene could play an important role in coronavirus vaccines, because death is an important component of boosters in vaccines. The main source of this substance is shark liver. Animal rights activists complain that this is likely to cost hundreds of thousands of sharks their lives. Researchers in Graz have now found a way to biosynthetically manufacture the substance, which is also used to a large extent in the cosmetic industry, with baker’s yeast.
Despite the crown crisis: record number of IPOs
Despite the corona pandemic, there was a new IPO record in the third quarter of 2020. An assessment by management consultancy EY shows that global issuance volume rose to $ 95 billion ($ 80 billion). euros). That is the highest value in 20 years. Many planned IPOs were postponed in the first half of the year due to the crown crisis.
The rich get richer
In the wake of the crown crisis, billionaires’ fortunes have reached a new record high. At the end of July 2020, the world’s nearly 2,200 richest people owned $ 10.2 trillion in securities, company stocks, real estate and other assets, according to a study by major Swiss bank UBS and consulting firm PwC. The previous peak was in 2017 and was $ 8.9 trillion.
The ages take over the board
Secretary of State Brunner may return to office.
Secretary of State Magnus Brunner (ÖVP) will end his quarantine on Wednesday and return to the infrastructure ministry, his spokesman told the APA. The tests had shown that the employee who tested positive for Covid-19, with whom he had contact, “was not contagious.” Therefore, after consulting with health authorities, Brunner will return from the central office to his workplace at the ministry.
Information from the previous day:
923 Neoinfections, Gewessler in Isolation
