Speculation on “Lockdown Light” – 896 new infections – Coronavirus –

“I can’t imagine that at all,” he said Sunday on the ORF’s “Hohes Haus” show. Meanwhile, there is speculation in the media about a “shutdown light.” With 896 new infections there was a new peak on Sunday.

The legal requirements for a lockdown are now very restrictive, Anschober said. This would only be possible before a general collapse of the healthcare system. “Thank God we are miles away from that,” he said.

He is working with all his might to make sure it doesn’t get there, because this would be catastrophic for the economy. The minister said he was optimistic that it could be done. The focus is now on regional measures that are made possible by the amended Covid Act. They want to precisely target the specific events of the outbreak.

Anchober did not want to say what national measures it would have in the drawer in the case, as it had already indicated on Friday.

“We would deliberately confuse the population.” However, he defended that the authorities were considering the matter as “highly professional”. The Health Minister was optimistic about the coming winter: “I am completely sure that we can have a merry Christmas.”

In the media, however, there was at least speculation about a “closing light” with extended fall holidays. This was prompted by the ORF’s “Zeit im Bild” on Saturday evening, in which national policy chief Hans Bürger spoke of the government’s concepts for a “soft” lockdown of two to three weeks from 2 or November 16, with early departure or curfew restrictions.

There was no confirmation of this in government circles. There was speculation as to what this claim was based on, it was heard. This was briefly commented on in ORF: “Hans Bürger outlined possible scenarios in his analysis,” he said in a statement about APA’s request.

After the number of new coronavirus infections in Austria surpassed 1,000 for four days in a row, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health reported 896 new infections within 24 hours on Sunday (through Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ). However, this is the highest value ever recorded on Sunday. In the previous week, there were 714 and previously 662 new infections from Saturday to Sunday.

In the past 24 hours, 13,816 PCR tests were recorded across Austria. In the days before, this was around 6,000 more tests a day. The number of actively infected people in Austria has also increased. Currently 11,020 people are carriers of SARS-CoV-2. 43,448 have recovered from the infection since the pandemic began. So far, 55,319 people in Austria have been infected with the corona virus.

There was also an increase in the number of people hospitalized. 527 are currently being treated in the hospital for Covid-19, the day before there were 509 people. 96 of them were in the intensive care unit, on Saturday 99 were treated in intensive care.

The largest increase in newly infected people was again Vienna with 295 cases and 3,992 registered tests. On Saturday, 511 new infections were counted, but many more tests were reported, that is, exactly 6,000. There were 179 new infections in Upper Austria, 134 in Tyrol, 96 in Salzburg, 49 in Styria, 48 in Carinthia, 34 in Lower Austria, 32 in Burgenland and 29 in Vorarlberg.

A new corona group has been formed at a senior center in Maria Enzersdorf (Mödling district). According to information from the office of the Lower Austrian health counselor Ulrike Königsberger-Ludwig (SPÖ) on Sunday, 31 cases were recorded. According to a spokesperson, the infections came to light after antigen tests were conducted at the facility. Finally, the PCR tests were performed.

Center residents and staff will now be screened again. Visiting the affected rooms of the nursing home was prohibited.