Relaxations are coming to the country, but entering will be more difficult.

Coronavirus – the second year

More than a year has passed since the Chinese authorities informed WHO about the emergence of a new, rapidly spreading virus. Since then, there has hardly been a person in the world who has not heard the term Covid-19, and more and more people are mourning a family member or friend with whom the new disease has ended while stocks have collapsed in weeks. and our whole life. they have been rewritten by the epidemic. By now, the vaccines have been completed, which in turn raises not only hope, but again many questions, while not only stopping the virus, but also threatening another mutation. You will find the details of this fight in our series of articles.

Austria announced Sunday that it would tighten border controls, adding that non-vital travel should be avoided during a pandemic.

Austria is preparing to carefully lift some internal restrictions next week, so shops and schools are expected to open.

“The aim of border control is to break the chain of infection, which has become more dangerous with the emergence of new viral mutations,” Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said in a statement on Sunday.

“At the time of the epidemic, travel must be kept to an absolute minimum,” he added.

The Interior Ministry said it was in contact with German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer on the new border provisions, after which they would also negotiate with interior ministers from other neighboring countries.

In Austria, 1,317 new infections were reported on Sunday and 420,644 people have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus since the outbreak began. The number of new deaths is 22, for a total of 7,906 deaths from the Covid-19 disease.



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