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On Thursday, the government did not announce the closure of the country. The time has come for Saturday. “today“Know the closing plans.
Those hoping for big announcements were disappointed Thursday: After about an hour of discussions with experts on the topic of hospital capabilities, Chancellor Kurz and Health Minister Anschober appeared before the media Thursday afternoon, and no gave answers:
Registration numbers
With 4,453 new infections, there was a new high from Wednesday to Thursday. In Lower Austria alone, 1,074 people tested positive, in Vienna it was 821, in Upper Austria 796. Meanwhile, 1,056 people have died as a result of the virus.
The schedule is set
Despite these numbers, the government is still waiting to take stricter measures, but now things are happening in rapid succession:
► On Friday there will be talks with the social partners at the Federal Chancellery. The economic consequences of the closure are discussed.
► Also on Friday: Chancellor Kurz will personally report to Federal President Van der Bellen on the new measures.
► On Saturday, the governors and the opposition parties will be summoned to talk.
► The public will then be informed through a press conference of the “virological quartet”.
This is coming now
One thing is certain: from Monday, Austria and Germany will enter a “lockdown” for a month.today“Confirmed by various sources. In early December, infection numbers will be lowered to make Christmas business and Christmas plus tourism possible. If that fails, all the trump cards for this winter are gone.
“Confirmation”?
Kurz responded yesterday to criticism that the government was proceeding too slowly. He said two weeks ago that intensive care capacities were overloaded with 6,000 new infections a day. “That was confirmed by the experts.”
The traffic light turns red
The traffic light commission met Thursday. As expected: almost the entire federal territory is red Exception: Carinthia, which is now orange. With new infections Thursday, he was just ahead of Burgenland.
And the opposition?
SPÖ leader Rendi-Wagner appealed to the population “to adhere to the rules and guidelines” and to the government to “make preparations for the worst case scenario.” FPÖ President Hofer accused the government of “scare and confusion tactics” of the quarantine.
