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Exit restrictions also apply during the day starting on Tuesday. Only contact with the closest family members is allowed. Stores and service providers, where distance cannot be maintained, must close again.
4.39 pm, November 14, 2020
As of Tuesday, Austria will find itself in a difficult second lockdown. Much reminds of spring, but some will be even harsher. This time it is precisely defined who you can meet outdoors for a walk.
According to the new exit rules, you can only with a person from another home get together. Departure restrictions apply all day from Tuesday to largely avoid private visits. Travel to work, shopping, recreation, and attendance are excluded.
As in spring, it has to Close the trade again on a large scale. Only supermarkets, drug stores, pharmacies, gas stations, post offices and tobacconists remain open. Workshops, agricultural trade and the sale of pet food are still allowed. Opening hours are limited from 6 am to 7 pm
Close-to-body services may no longer be performed. Hair salons, cosmetic or massage studios must close. Which is supposedly causing the government a major headache: Such a generous revenue replacement as received by hosts affected by the already existing partial lockdown is virtually unthinkable for retailers. While restaurants will get 80 percent of their turnover as of November 2019 replaced by the state, there will be a 20-40-60 model for retailers. Depending on the industry, 20, 40 or 60 percent should be replaced.
Schools and kindergartens in emergency operation since Tuesday
Similarly to the upper grades, the lower grades and elementary schools will also switch to distance education starting Tuesday. Children who need support or care for learning can continue to receive care in primary schools and lower levels. The kindergartens remain open, but, as in spring, they function as an emergency operation. “Kindergartens and schools remain open to those in need,” emphasizes Vice Chancellor Kogler: There is care and support for learning in place for all who need it. Even those who have to work hard in the home office will have to make use of this option, says Kogler.
While leading scientists are in favor of a shutdown (with the exception of caring for children who cannot be cared for at home), the Federal Crown Commission voted against. On December 7, compulsory schools and shops will reopen. “These areas take precedence,” says Kurz.
Events
Religious gatherings can still be held in the event area. However, churches voluntarily refrained from holding religious services, Kurz said. Beforehand, the Chancellor had a direct conversation with the president of the Episcopal Conference. Funerals are limited to 50 people. Additional essays are allowed in the artistic field. In addition, according to the draft ordinance, the obligation to maintain a distance of one meter applies in public places and indoors the obligation to use oral and nasal protection.
As much home office as possible
Whenever possible, people should work from their home office. As an evaluation of Google’s anonymized cell phone data shows, attendance at workplaces has dropped by around a third since All Saints’ Day, probably also as a consequence of the fact that the government has reissued the recommendation to work from the central office whenever possible. Alone: in the spring this decrease was more than half. However, the home office is not required. Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) also did this in the spring; Thanks to protests from the Chamber of Commerce, the regulation only survived for a few days. However, there is still a long time to come for an extensive package of laws that should clarify labor law and tax conditions at the head office. Labor Minister Christine Aschbacher (ÖVP) has announced it for March.
Hospital visits
The planned ordinance brings restrictions on hospitals and nursing homes, after there were no numerical restrictions on visits to hospitals. Now only one visit per week and patient is possible, and only if the sick or injured person is admitted for more than seven days. There are exceptions for pregnant women. Employees are required to perform an antigen or molecular biology test once a week.
According to the draft, the shutdown will end on December 6. – as long as new infections go back by then. Since this is a draft, changes are still possible. Tomorrow the main committee of the National Council will deal with the ordinance. The exit rules and provisions for the event area must be confirmed there after ten days, so initially they should only apply until November 26.
