Mask requirement starting Monday – here it is new – policy

“I know many do not believe it yet. But: it is getting serious again” – with these words, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz summed up Corona’s situation in Austria on Friday morning. From Thursday to Friday there were again 580 new infections in Austria. The capital Vienna, which narrowly escaped an orange switch at the Corona traffic light, accounted for 265 of them. “If you look at the development of the last few weeks, you will see that there is a strong and steady increase. We have some challenges, health and economic, to face,” Kurz said. “It is not yet clear if this is the end of the story.” It cannot be ruled out that it is necessary to “regrind” it. The chancellor asked the Austrians “to be more cautious again.” A second blockade, which Israel already faces again, will be avoided at all costs, Foreign Minister Kurz and Vice Foreign Minister Kogler said in unison.

The new crown rules for Austria

As “Heute” reported beforehand, the government is now tightening measures to contain the pandemic again. The indoor mask requirement now applies across Germany again. This goes into effect Monday at midnight. In addition to the supermarket, public transport and pharmacies, mouth and nasal protection should be used here:

► in everything Commerce
► in the Gastronomy for the waiters, the food and drink inside can only be enjoyed in the seats. TheIt is forbidden to eat at the bar again.
► Service areas with customer contact
► Party traffic to the authorities
► In schools out of class

The following regions are now yellow

These seven regions of the country will be lit yellow at the Corona traffic lights in the future: Innsbruck (T), Schwaz (T), Wr. Neustadt (Lower Austria), Korneuburg (Lower Austria), Kufstein (T), Graz (Styria ) and Vienna. In contrast to the previous week, there is again a green wave in Linz (Upper Austria).

You can read the details of the government press conference HERE >>