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After restrictions that have been in place since November 17 to curb the coronavirus epidemic, the stores opened on Monday and teaching began in the lower grades of Austria’s schools. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig went to a test together in the morning and visited one of the capital’s largest test lanes in the Prater (Messe Wien) to raise awareness of the importance of mass tests and encourage greater participation. . They both tested negative.
Turnout in provincial tests at the end of last week, the MTI writes, was close to 30 percent. Therefore, Kurz stressed again on Monday that the more people come in and get tested, the greater the chances of avoiding a possible third short circuit or easing the restrictions that are still in place. And Ludwig thanked everyone who actively participated in the smooth conduct of the massive tests and praised the cooperation between the state, the capital, and health organizations, the police and the military.
- In addition to the use of masks, the commercial and service units, which reopened on Monday, have a new requirement that only one customer can be present for every 10 square meters. They want to guarantee order with a greater police presence.
- In schools, education has resumed in the first 8 grades, but children over the age of 10 must also wear masks in classrooms.
- Individual outdoor sports are allowed again, but ski slopes must wait until Christmas to open.
- The 24-hour curfew has been relaxed for the evenings, starting on Monday only for the 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. time zone.
- Museums and libraries could also be opened. However, theaters, cinemas, other cultural and sports facilities, hotels, restaurants, venues and bars remain closed. Restaurants can only carry food and drink to go, and this year Christmas fairs were not allowed to open their doors either.
- In Austria, the number of new cases per day has fallen from 10,000 to less than 3,000, thanks to almost a month of total closure. On Monday, 2,263 new infections were reported and the death toll rose by 108.
- Since the start of the coronavirus epidemic, 303,063 people have been infected in Austria and 3,840 have died from complications of the disease caused by the virus.
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