Corona in Austria: Numbers continue to rise - Kurz apparently still wants to relax - skiing holidays are probably prohibited

The number of new corona infections remains high shortly before the end of the lockdown.

The government around Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wants to announce the first easing on Wednesday.

• The

  second wave * of

  the

  corona pandemic *

  continues to cause high numbers of infections

  in

  Austria

  .

• The

  government

  probably wants to keep the hotels

  closed

  over

  Christmas

  - that would have an impact on

  skiing holidays

  .

• In the

  future, the

  police

  should be able to monitor compliance with

  corona requirements

  on site.

• This news ticker is updated regularly.

Update from December 1, 9:16 p.m.:

In the smoldering dispute about the opening of the

in

,

stepped up.

State Chancellery Chief

appealed in Munich “to Austrian friends to reconsider”.

The Free State is still in favor of keeping the ski slopes closed across Europe until January 10th.

Previously, Austria's Minister of Tourism, Elisabeth Köstinger, had

forbidden

any

from the German side.

"I heard we shouldn't give advice and they don't care what suggestions we have," replied Herrmann.

The CSU politician could

only advise

the

to "just possibly do it the way we do it."

Corona in Austria: Numbers still high - Kurz still apparently wants to relax

First report from December 1, 5:05 p.m.:

Vienna - The

wants to discuss the

after the

on Tuesday afternoon

.

On Wednesday they are to be decided in the Council of Ministers and then presented to the public.

Due to the continued

, Chancellor

already

dampened

expectations.

"We will have to live with further massive restrictions after December 7th," he told the

on Sunday.

Corona in Austria: Government wants to ban skiing holidays over Christmas

In addition to the

that have

already become known

, such as opening the trade, a real

.

The government is planning

.

According to a report by

, in addition to the catering trade,

should also

over Christmas

.

This means that skiing would only be possible as a day tour, i.e.

in hotels and hut visits.

It has not yet been clarified

whether

even be able to

over Christmas.

A heated debate has broken out in Europe on this issue.

has already clearly

positioned itself

.

However, the sports and leisure facilities will

in

, the Chancellor announced in the

.

Nevertheless, the government wants to make

again in the "foreseeable future"

, especially if it takes place outdoors and as an individual

.

Corona in Austria: More than 3000 new infections - 141 deaths

On Tuesday, the new

in

later than usual.

registered

from Monday to Tuesday

.

That is almost 300 more than yesterday, but there is significantly less testing at the weekend.

4,377 new cases were reported last Tuesday.

The situation in the

remains

.

There are 152 more patients in the normal wards than yesterday, while there are ten fewer patients in the intensive care units.

Within a day are

in connection with the

.

Most

within 24 hours were

reported

in

.

The number of new

the individual federal states at a glance:

• Vienna

  : 665

• Upper Austria

  : 593

• Styria

  : 401

• Tyrol

  : 383

• Lower Austria

  : 366

• Salzburg

  : 266

• Carinthia

  : 195

• Vorarlberg

  : 103

• Burgenland

  : 61

Corona in Austria: Police should be able to control offices in the future

According to the

present

should in addition to the district administrative authorities in future also expressly

compliance with

are allowed to control on site.

The police should therefore

,

,

and

to control the

are allowed to enter.

The

controls

.

It is basically excluded from the definition of “certain places” according to the Measures Act.

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