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This means that at the end of the year, a household can receive a maximum from one individual from another household. The government is also planning regional closures based on a certain infection frequency. The population can also “free itself” from this.
Kurz justified the extension of the exit restrictions until New Year’s Eve wanting to avoid the “negative impact” of a wave of contagion. “There is no New Year’s Eve party,” emphasized Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP). In general, the use of F2 category pyrotechnic articles, including rockets, firecrackers or lightning firecrackers, is prohibited in the local area. Mayors could grant exemptions for private fireworks, but Nehammer shouldn’t do so this year. Here he is also in consultation with the local authority, said the interior minister.
The exit restrictions, which currently only apply from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., will apply again 24 hours a day starting December 26, according to the will of the government. This means that after Christmas, a household can receive a maximum of one person from another household, even on New Year’s Eve. This regulation applies until January 24. Only those who can show a negative Covid test can expect a decline from January 18.
However, for the future, the government plans “regional closures” if infections in a certain region exceed a certain threshold. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) did not give a specific number when asked. However, it should also apply here that the population can “free itself” from the exit restrictions imposed at that time.
As of Friday there were already 297,424 people in Austria who had verifiably survived a Covid 19 infection since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and are considered to have recovered. They should be exempt from the obligation to provide evidence of antigen tests for participation in social life, Anschober announced at a press conference, without giving precise details. The Health Minister said the time frame by which they should be exempted from the obligation to provide evidence must first be defined by experts. Because it varies how long a vaccine can be tried after an illness. In any case, the definition of time will be based on international standards.
