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Health Minister Rudolf Anschober commented on the rapid increase in the number of crown in Austria and explained what is important now.
The corona pandemic is spreading at an accelerating rate around the world; no climax is in sight. About 350,000 new confirmed cases have been reported in the last 24 hours. After a positive situation in the summer, there is now a sharp increase in the number of infections in Europe, now also in countries that were comparatively good a few days ago, such as Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
“In Austria, too, we are seeing a record increase of 1,209 new infections with a particularly high number of 21,762 tests recorded in the last 24 hours. The increases are particularly high in Vienna (with an alarming increase of 613 positive tests recorded), Low Austria (169) and Upper Austria (149). On Thursday there were 790 new arrivals. The number of active cases has increased to 9,930 in the last 24 hours, “explains Health Minister Rudolf Anschober.
And furthermore: “Therefore, we must implement our strategy of consistent implementation of the federal measures decided in recent weeks and the regional measures now possible thanks to the work of the traffic light commission and the new Covid-19 Measures Law in districts with higher risk, precisely adapted to the region Spread: implement consistently “.
In the current situation, it is positive that the increases in active cases (plus 18 percent for a week) are not yet fully reflected in hospitalizations (506 hospitalizations is more than 2 percent for a week).
High clustering rate is important
A high rate of elimination between clusters is also important for pandemic control. According to data reported by today’s Crown Commission (significant weekly average), this is still pleasantly high in Austria, in Vienna around 61 percent.
To contain the pandemic, in addition to the consistent implementation of the measures by the population, as in spring, the speed at which the tests are carried out and the handling of contact persons is particularly important, as in the decree of the Ministry of Health of May 20, 2020 (48 hours or 24 hours maximum). ) It was recorded.
To do this, the Ministry of Health has commissioned AGES to create and train a support team. From now on this will support the federal states if necessary and will start shortly in Vienna.
On behalf of the Ministry of Health, AGES is expected to support the Vienna health authorities in following up with the contact persons for the Covid 19 cases over the weekend. The health authorities of all federal states can also request support from AGES employees if necessary. In the event of a greater number of follow-ups required, contacts can be logged and isolated as quickly as possible to prevent the virus from spreading further.
“Contact Tracing Task Force”
“Particularly in view of the increasing numbers, very fast contact person management with rapid tests and rapid search for contact persons is urgently required to limit the spread. To further accelerate this and thus massively limit the spread of the virus, we have now created our own contact tracing team, which is gradually expanding and can support individual federal states if necessary. I am pleased that the city of Vienna has requested the support of the AGES Contact Tracing Working Group ” Anschober said.
As a first step, 60 AGES employees have already been specially trained for their work in the “Contact Tracing Working Group”. When making the selection, emphasis was placed on multilingualism, that is, AGES Contact Tracers with their mother tongue, eg Turkish or Serbian, are active in minimizing language barriers in contact person management. AGES contact tracing is done over the phone, employees’ workplaces are in Vienna.
