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Talks between the Health Ministry and the state about any tightening of the crown’s measures are dragging on. Tirol now dares to move, among other things with an appeal to citizens.
Amid controversial negotiations between Tyrol and the federal government over a possible isolation of Tyrol due to the South African variant, the country went on the offensive on Monday with its own package of measures. This should include, among other things, a call to the population for general mobility restrictions, the prescription of negative antigen tests for the use of cable cars, as well as PCR tests nationwide in districts with a high incidence of seven days.
This package is now being addressed alone, according to the office of Governor Günther Platter (ÖVP). And he added, however, that there was consensus with the federal government on these points. In addition, they were willing to talk to the federal government or the Ministry of Health. They did not want to comment on whether they were still in the negotiation stage or whether they were interrupted.
Sequentially: On Friday, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens), when asked if he would take action in Tyrol if necessary, said: He wanted to resolve the matter in consensus with those involved. Behind this issue is the question of whether stricter measures should be imposed in or through the federal state, as Tyrol is particularly affected by the so-called South African mutant of the corona virus. The country says there are 165 confirmed cases, eight of which are “actively positive.” The Ministry of Health reports that there are many other suspected cases that are currently being reviewed.
Thus it happened that during the weekend intense conversations by telephone and videoconference were maintained, which culminated in confusion during the night from Sunday to Monday: from the circles of the country houses it had been initially said that the discussions between Anschober and the governor of the Tirol, Günther Platter (ÖVP) had been postponed to no avail. Shortly after, it was learned from the federal government that an agreement was still in the works. By Monday morning it finally became clear: talks between the state and the ministry would resume in the morning. According to a Platter spokeswoman, it’s unclear if they will come to an end today. “The positions are clear,” the spokeswoman said. Now it’s about who moves and if someone moves.
Numbers covered?
Tirol reports a total of 165 confirmed cases of the South African variant. In another 230 cases, there is a suspicion of a mutation: 118 cases have already been partially sequenced. Depending on the country, the suspicion will be further clarified according to the standards specified by AGES. In the remaining 112 cases, suspicion arose from PCR tests.
However, behind the scenes, the federal government even suspects that Tirol is silencing relevant figures.
In any case, the mood between the federal and state levels is likely to have bottomed out. The Chancellery, led by Federal Platters Party leader Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP), was notably reluctant to comment over the weekend, referring to the Health Minister as the main negotiator.
Apparently, the interpretation of mutation numbers already separates the two sides of the federal and state levels. Tyrol claims to have the situation under control and repeatedly refers to the decrease in the number of infected people, as well as the current limitation of cases of mutation. For example, the president of the Tyrol Chamber of Commerce, Christoph Walser. He stressed on Sunday night on the ORF program “ZiB2”: “In fact, we were the first to cordon off the country, to start the tests that really actively fought against this virus, and that is why now we are fed up with us put constantly in the spotlight and let us be judged that Tyrol does nothing. ” They demand the same treatment as the other federal states. The black presidents of the Chamber of Labor and Agriculture as well as all members of the Tyrolean ÖVP of the National Council spoke out against the hardening and demanded the same “careful opening steps” for Tyrol analogous to the federal government.
On Anschober’s side, it was said that the “balance sheet” would be drawn up on Sunday night and that a decision would be announced later.
(APA / hell)
