Corona in Austria: A decision has been made on the ski areas – bitter news for many Germans

Update from September 9 at 11.12 am.: In the in Austria newly introduced traffic light crown There are currently four regions in yellow, the second highest of the four warning levels. Soon there could be more. Meetings on Thursday in Vienna again the so-called Crown Commission. In the run-up to the meeting, a dispute has broken out over future ranking.

Experts concerned about development “especially in cities”, says the Oe24.at news site. Then could he Vienna color at the traffic light Corona It is said that they will soon be dark. According to experts, at least ten districts should be turned yellow. Some municipalities should require Change Vienna completely to orange. But you don’t want to risk a “new political-partisan rivet,” it says in the report.

Update from September 8 at 6:15 p.m.: Ischgl has it in the Coronavirus pandemic* in Europe as Corona-Hotspot brought very little awareness. The mecca of many winter sports and German apreski fans was the focus.

Keep your eye on the upcoming ski season, Glaciers in Tirol usually in October the question of what is possible begins. And why not. The first answers were now provided by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) during a visit abroad in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Corona pandemic in Austria: Sebastian Kurz wants to keep the ski areas between Vorarlberg and Tirol open

“We have to try to lead as normal a life as possible in all areas of our life,” Kurz said according to the Austrian Press Agency (APA): “Winter tourism and skiing will be possible.”

Tourism is great Economic factor in Austria and they are even more important in some federal states, declared the Austrian head of government: “It involves a lot of jobs.” One will “do anything” than that Skiing with view to Crown it will be “certainly possible” this year.

With one caveat: After ski The Chancellor declared that “there would be no such thing in the next season” Vienna further away. St. Anton, Ischgl, Sölden – well-known ski areas between Arlberg and Ötztal As a rule, many thousands of après-ski fans and winter sports tourists move each year. Germany exactly for this benefit.

Corona virus in Austria: new corona infections are increasing rapidly – Anschober announces analysis

Update September 8 at 17:45: the New corona infections in Austria daily increase: according to statistics from the Austrian Ministry of Health, Tuesday afternoon, at 5 pm 525 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours in the alpine republic, at least those that were reported.

Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (The Greens) announced, according to the news portal oe24.at, an analysis of the latest peak in the number of infections. The question to be clarified is whether it is an “explainable peak, after longer stability, or an upward trend.”

Corona Pandemic in Austria: Chancellor Sebastian Kurz – “Please don’t throw away your mask”

First report of September 8: Austria it seemed the Corona-Pandemie manage. In response to the decline in the number of cases, the southernmost neighbor of Germany after spring also accordingly. For example, it was made mandatory to use one Mouth and nose protection largely abolished.

Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz However, he asked in June that “please don’t throw away the mask” would still be needed. Of the ÖVP Political he must be shown to be right. From Monday (September 7) the Alpine republic over the course of the stoplight Corona introduced tougher measures. A look at current infection figures shows that this is understandable.

Corona in Austria: “That’s too much for the republic”

According to official information from the Austrian Ministry of Health, the number of patients increased with COVID-19 sick to 29,573. Consequently, there are currently 3,527 active Crown cases. This evolution is worrying, because at the end of June there were around 400.

The number of infections in Europe has been on the rise since the end of July, including Austria. Daily new infections have almost always been above the 300 mark since mid-August, except on weekends. On Monday, the federal agency spoke of 481 new COVID-19 cases. That still does not correspond to the Corona-Hochphase In March, when 800 new constant cases were added (on March 26, including 1,063), the authorities remain concerned. Slightly more than 100 new infections “is too much for the republic,” says Christoph Wenisch, head of the infection department at Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital in Vienna, opposite oe24.at.

Crown in Austria: dubious development, everything under control?

Despite these disturbing tones, it seems Austria the situation is still not bad at the moment. Currently it is possible to fire the health system. Of the more than 3,500 assets Corona cases only 29 patients need to be treated in the intensive care unit. This is due, on the one hand, to advances in treatment and, on the other, to the fact that today younger people are increasingly infected. In this age group, the disease usually has a milder course. Consequently, there are hardly any new deaths at this time. As of August 1, a total of 16 Covid-19 tote additional. The death toll is 729, of which 57 percent are men.

All in all, it applies to them black-green federal government, current developments in Austria Look carefully. Develop the Alpine republic yet Crown focal point? Or is the current situation quite similar to other countries like Germany comparable? At the moment there are many indications of the latter, because also in Austria returnees continue to account for a large proportion of new infections. To keep it that way, the number of infections should soon decrease.

Crown in Austria: Unexpected financial support from US President Donald Trump

Meanwhile there are about 100 Austrian unexpected help from Donald Trump *. Because of Presidents of United States Checks signed to combat the economic consequences of Crown-Krise now they are surprising in some Austrians landed. More than 100 checks of this type for $ 1,200 each (about 1,000 euros) have been cashed at banks, according to the ORF.

The reason for the cash blessing could be a data breach with the US authorities. the United States Government he had sent checks to countless people, with the intention of helping in the Corona crisis *. Incidentally, over a million deaths were paid by mistake. Apparently, the Ministry of Finance and the tax authorities had not compared her data with the death reports of the social security authorities before sending the aid checks. (as) * Merkur.de is part of the national network of Ippen-Digital publishers.

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