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In Vienna the massive tests began with the active participation of the population. SECOND.Since then, 112 infections with the corona virus have been diagnosed, a spokesman for Health Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) said at night. About 24,000 people signed up on the first day, according to the ORF “Wien heute” program. 112 is the number of those who, after a positive rapid test result, performed a PCR test carried out by the Vienna health authorities in the testing centers. According to the city, less than 0.5 percent of tests so far have returned positive. Exact figures on the participants were not yet available, he said in the television report.
The first day of the massive corona tests in Vorarlberg it ended up with a 0.37 percent positive test result rate. 192 of 52,142 tests were positive. Governor Markus Wallner and Provincial Councilor Christian Gantner (both ÖVP) were satisfied and appealed to the undecided to participate in the tests for the next two days. Wallner said that a significant contribution to public health can be made in a matter of minutes.
In the Tyrolean capital Innsbruck By Friday afternoon, 12,000 citizens had come for the voluntary corona antigen test. Of these, 29 people initially tested positive for the virus, the city said. Those affected still had to complete a PCR test. Mayor Georg Willi (Greens) drew a positive intermediate balance: “The great interest shown by the people shows that the Innsbruckers stick together and help. Due to optimal preparation, there were no longer waiting times or queues at any of the locations “.
Start with setbacks
The start of the massive test was accompanied by computer problems. Despite system failures, the tests were carried out without affecting the people tested. The armed forces in Vienna, which organized the tests but had nothing to do with the IT system, were prepared for emergencies from the beginning and partially switched to analog operation.
“This has no effect on the people to be tested, we stick to the scheduled times,” said Vienna Military Commander Kurt Wagner. It records all the data on paper and then records it electronically. The Stadthalle test station is particularly popular, “there are a huge number of visitors”. Therefore, the population of Vienna is requested to register at the Messe Wien and Marxhalle locations and use the free capabilities there.
Big rush in tyrol
Tyrol also reported a large avalanche at the beginning of the massive corona tests. IT issues meant that all the people who initially tested negative received only one or no late notification. The subsidiary of A1 World Direct, commissioned by the Ministry of Health with the computer system, spoke this Friday of “capacity bottlenecks” that have already been “recognized and are being worked on.” At Vorarlberg, which operates its own IT system, the first day of the test went smoothly.
Video: Series of breakdowns in Vienna and Tyrol
On the other hand, the federal states also reported problems that are still being tested. In Salzburg and Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, teachers whose tests start on Saturday have already received an appointment today. The armed forces in Salzburg were ready to go and carried out tests early in the morning. The city of Linz announced the exit from the system.
Problems in Lower Austria too
With the software made available by the responsible Ministry of Health, there are “massive registration problems” in Lower Austria, said Stefan Spielbichler of Notruf NÖ on Friday when asked by the APA. Therefore, the state relies on its own system www.testung.at. “It has been online since Thursday morning,” the spokesman said. Since then, there have been more than 50,000 registrations on the platform.
There were no error messages from Carinthia and Styria. Styria is sticking to the federal tool, it was said from the office of Health Councilor Juliane Bogner-Strauss (ÖVP). “Overall, it may not work as promised, but we are dealing with the situation,” said Carinthia Governor Peter Kaiser (SPÖ). I was looking forward to the massive trials in the educational area. “It was a bit of ‘learning by doing,’ Kaiser said.
Opposition to criticism
Opposition at the federal level voiced massive criticism of the IT problems, which began two days ago with a data breach. SPÖ Federal Manager Christian Deutsch spoke of “chronic mismanagement”. “After the Corona traffic light mess, the government is the best way to spoil the important mass tests as well,” Deutsch said.
The federal government foresees “a real collapse in the fight against coronavirus” every day, confirmed the head of the FPÖ, Norbert Hofer. “In this case, the Chancellor is responsible for these mishaps. He only conducted the massive tests and thus countered the expert opinion of the Ministry of Health. The experts advised against conducting massive tests because they feared a large number of false test results,” Hofer said. .
For NEOS health spokesman Gerald Loacker, “it is becoming increasingly clear that this federal government no longer has anything under control in its crisis management.” “The hasty mass tests, in which Turquoise-Green focuses on fighting the pandemic, turn out to be a failure and show the utter failure of this federal government.”
