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New daily infections in Austria continue to increase significantly and are approaching the critical area. The government is now reacting with stricter crown rules.
- Austria got the biggest increase on Saturday Crown* Case numbers registered since April 3. Now the country is reacting with a new crown package.
- He is particularly affected Vienna capital.
- Chancellor Sebastian Kurz gave people hope on Friday that they would soon return to normal.
Update of August 31, 2020, 1:34 pmIn Austria, 272 new infections have been recorded in the last 24 hours. Of which are alone 167 corona cases in Vienna Recorded. As ORF.at reports, 154 people are currently being treated for a corona infection in hospital, 30 of them in the intensive care unit. The Austrian Ministry of Health currently reports 3,479 active cases of corona.
First Stores in Austria are reintroducing the mask requirement. “To protect customers,” all the employees of a large electronics store chain wear mouth and nose protection. According to oe24.at, customers would also have to go back to wearing masks at the more than 50 MediaMarkt and Saturn branches. Customers receive a free disposable mask, which can already be read on the website of the respective company. The rules officially go into effect on September 1.
Austria Faces New Tightening: Brief Leaked Plans
Updated August 31, 2020 at 9:12 am: In Austria upload the Corona infections. Last week, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced new measures to be announced on Wednesday (September 1). The details of the setting have now been leaked in advance. As oe24.at reports, individual measures are still being discussed in the working group, but the direction seems clear:
- No relief there will probably be at soccer games and spectators.
- It probably won’t be at all Mass events in Austria, as it already happened in Germany. Currently 500 to 1,000 people are allowed at the events. This upper limit is expected to be significantly lower on Wednesday. At events, the number could drop to 250, but only under strict hygiene regulations, such as crown testing and mask requirements.
- This could be a role model for the cultural sector concept of the Salzburg Festival be. There were periodic tryouts here, with no breaks in concerts and a mask requirement for the audience when entering and exiting the event.
- Since there are numerous Crown buds they have given to family reunions Austria limiting guests to private parties. Probably except for a number under 100.
- It has not yet been determined whether a mask requirement will actually apply in closed rooms. To curb a second corona wave, all options, as well as restricting social contacts, would be considered again.
Austria plans on friday Traffic light warning system present the contagion process in the countries. Vienna recently objected to this and called for traffic lights to be restricted to individual districts of Vienna. However, the four-stage traffic light warning system is intended to map the infection situation in a region to monitor corona events. Depending on the result, the traffic light should change to green, yellow, orange or red based on the avalanche warning levels.
Austria Faces Further Tightening: Newspapers Report “Secret Group List”
Update August 30, 2020, 1:34 pm: Where are Austrians infected? It’s a question that probably worries many in light of the growing number of corona infections. “The Secret Groups List” is the headline of Austrian news portal oe24.at and has identified special corona hot spots in recent weeks. Public transport, bars, football matches are also part of travel and family. 628 new infections can be traced back to travelers returning in calendar week 34 (Aug. 17-Aug. 23). 444 of them returned from the Western Balkans. In Upper Austria, most are from Croatia, who were infected at festivals. The majority of corona infections occur nationwide. This is also indicated by an assessment by the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES).
According to research by oe24.at, a group with six infected people appeared for the first time in the Wiener Linien. Apparently the employees at the workplace were infected. There were also cases of corona among the staff at a popular open-air restaurant and nightclub in Linz among the guests. There have also been cases of infection in a Vienna nightclub. It is a mix of “leisure activity and workplace”.
In Bavaria, a temporary mask requirement has been introduced at the beginning of school.
Updated August 30, 2020 at 11.07 am: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced in his “State of the Union Address” to his citizens that the pandemic would end in mid-2021. (see also the first report of August 29). On the other hand, Kurz emphasizes that the Herbst it would be particularly demanding again. In view of the number of infections, the Austrian federal government wants to discuss the measures on Wednesday.
Corona in Austria: “I will be vaccinated against Corona” – says Kurz
In an interview with oe24.at, Kurz did not want to determine or anticipate the next measures, such as an “inner mask requirement” in fall and winter. The government would do anything to be one general lock to prevent. The Chancellor referred to the increasing number of infections young people and asymptomatic disease courses. Kurz also expects a corona vaccination in the summer and thus more normalcy in the corona pandemic. “I’m going to get vaccinated. But I can take the fear out of all Austrians who are skeptical: there is no compulsory vaccination and we will not introduce any. But I will do it personally, “said Sebastian Kurz in an interview with oe24.at.
Corona in Austria: Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wants to get vaccinated against Corona (symbol photo).
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Corona new infections in Austria: this is the current situation
Updated August 30, 2020. 11:03 am: After a record increase, the number of new corona infections is declining. This is reported by oe24.at. Consequently, 181 corona cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, 51 of which were confirmed Sars-CoV-2 infections in Vienna, in Lower Austria (40) and Tyrol (33). There are currently 3,363 active cases of corona in Austria, reports the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health. On the ministry board, 148 new infections were recorded on August 29 (previous day: 359). 110 Covid 19 patients are currently being treated in the hospital, 30 more would have to be treated in the intensive care unit.
Corona in Austria: highest number of cases since April: the day before, Kurz gave hope to citizens
First report of August 29, 2020
Vienna – After the diary New infections with the new Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus in Austria were slightly lower on Friday compared to the day before, data from Saturday morning showed a clear uptrend. German neighbor reports 395 New infections in the last 24 hours, with around 8.8 million inhabitants.
Coronavirus in Austria: highest number of new infections since early April
It is the largest increase on record New infections* in the alpine republic since April 3. At that time, 416 new cases were registered in one day. Plus New infections they were therefore from the capital Vienna reported. 203 new cases were reported there. The total number of in Austria People who tested positive for coronavirus rose to 26,803. 22,866 people are considered to have recovered, 733 people have died from the consequences of the pandemic since the start of the pandemic COVID-19.
Sebastian Kurz, of the Chancellor of Austria, gave people hope for a speedy recovery on Friday in a State of the Union address. “Next summer should be normal,” the ÖVP politician announced, adding that he expected a vaccine in 2021. Around Austria However, to continue successfully managing the crisis *, the government appeals to the discipline and assistance of the population, especially in autumn and winter.
Crown in Austria: neighboring Hungary is closing borders
Meanwhile, that has Austria Neighbour Hungary announced that it would close the borders on September 1, to prevent the country from being introduced by tourists New infections to preserve. Hungary, and especially the region around Lake Balaton, is extremely popular Vacation region with Austrians and Germans. (fd) * Merkur.de is part of the national network of Ippen-Digital publishers.
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