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Chancellor Sebastián Kurz’s announcement is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon: the closure of schools is also evaluated
Austria is heading towards a total blockade. The announcement is reportedly expected tomorrow afternoon during a press conference by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. The change of pace would have been decided after almost two weeks of ‘soft lockdown’, with which the evening ‘curfew’ was introduced on November 3, scheduled until November 30 but which would not have given the desired results. Infections continue to increase, far exceeding 9,000 new cases per day; the health system is under pressure. According to the newspaper The standard, the new measure provides for the closure of all non-essential businesses. In addition, during these hours, the government is evaluating the closure of kindergartens and primary schools. Instead, attendance should be guaranteed to students of parents who perform essential jobs, as had already happened during the first wave of Covid
in spring. Middle and high school students are already distance learning. The new ‘hard blockade’ should start from midnight next Tuesday and last until December 8.
Kurz’s previous statements
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Covid, lockdown and closures: the situation in Europe
“If we do not act now, there will be an overload because the hospital beds are running out. This means that doctors will have to decide who to let live and who not to and we cannot allow it,” Prime Minister Kurz warned before the announcement of the ‘ soft lock ‘. “We are experiencing an intense second wave throughout Europe, we have a dramatic evolution of the pandemic, many nations close to us are already locked up,” added the foreign minister.
