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The number of active infections continued to rise sharply on Saturday. The quarantine hits Kuchler’s companies hard.
3:41 pm, October 17, 2020
A few hours after the quarantine came into effect, the people of Kuchler and the people of Salzburg were praised “for their cooperation and for supporting the prescribed measures”, he said Saturday afternoon in a police broadcast. Since midnight there have been four checkpoints in the Tennengau community, and eleven other entry and exit options have been technically blocked.
The B159 is controlled in the Tauglmauth area and on the Kuchl-Golling border, there is a control point on the L120 at Lunzenweg and another at the motorway exit to the A10. More patrol services are being carried out on the other streets and at the train station. The controls would work smoothly, police said. There were no penalties. Occasionally, people who were not yet informed were briefed on the quarantine regulations. The police are calling to avoid the Kuchl quarantine zone if possible or to use alternative means of transport to avoid long waits at checkpoints.
The commercial city of Kuchl in Tennengau is under quarantine until November 1, and the police control the driveways to the site. Hotels and restaurants remain closed, shops can remain open. Only key workers can come and go.
Stricter safety rules also apply across the country: In restaurants and bars, the contact details of the guests must be recorded. Private gatherings outside the home, as well as events without assigned seating, are prohibited. At events with marked seating, no food or drink may be served, according to state regulation published Friday. The measures initially apply until November 1.
Strong increase in Salzburg
Meanwhile, the state continued to experience a sharp increase in infections. More than 1,000 people were registered with active infections on Saturday. As of 8:30 am, there were 900 active cases according to EMS. There were also 160 other people who tested positive and had not yet registered with EMS. Most of the active cases, 314, occurred in Tennengau on Saturday morning, followed by Flachgau with 302 people affected. At this time, 166 cases were known in the city of Salzburg.
In view of the increasing number of infections, the Salzburg Red Cross has doubled its health counseling staff by 1,450. The country announced in a broadcast that it could handle up to 1,500 calls per day.
Quarantine hits Kuchler’s companies hard
There are several manufacturing companies in the municipality. Most of the employees, however, travel from abroad. Therefore, the Chamber of Commerce called for a differentiated approach on Friday. You also need to find a quick solution to the compensation issue.
In the machine manufacturer UNTHA alone, the company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of crushing machines, 160 commuters are likely to be absent in the next two weeks. “That’s 70 percent of the employees,” Managing Director Alois Kitzberger said in an interview with the APA. “We can maintain production, but we are pessimistic that we will be compensated by the continued salary of the employees in question.”
Mattress manufacturer Elastica has temporarily halted its production activities. The Kässbohrer Austria company, which sells and services the “Pistenbully” brand snow groomers, is also experiencing restrictions. Most of the 25 employees do not live in the community. “The quarantine hits us in the main season, when we deliver a lot of new devices and repair used vehicles,” managing director Peter Soukal told the APA. “We can solve the problem by looking for workshops outside where we can take the equipment. But it takes a lot of effort ”.
The operator of a car dealership that includes a tire hotel also sued the Salzburg ORF today. It is currently sitting on 800 sets of wheels that must be installed before November 1, when winter tires are mandatory. Only some of the clients come from the community. The smaller stores in Kuchl apparently fear the absence of customers from the surrounding area. “I’m afraid they will look for alternatives and avoid them in the long term,” a businesswoman told the APA.
The president of the Salzburg Chamber of Commerce, Peter Buchmüller, urged the legislature to find a solution to the compensation problem on Friday. “At the moment, companies are only reimbursed for ongoing compensation if individuals are quarantined. The issue of compensation if entire locations are quarantined remains unresolved.”
Buchmüller also wants the possibility of free trials for employees. This would allow “free tested” people to stay with the company. Companies could keep their contracts, supplies, services and productions. In either case, companies in quarantine locations must be able to continue to employ their employees from other locations and fulfill their orders. Businesses outside the respective quarantine zone should also be able to continue working with healthy employees from quarantine locations.
The PRO-GE production union today also asked for reasonable concepts. “The orders of the state government have clearly demonstrated that such drastic measures were not thought until the end,” criticized state manager Daniel Mühlberger.
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