The corona virus has arrived in Austria. Two cases of infection are reported from Tyrol. In order to prevent spreading, a drastic measure was taken in Switzerland.
- The Sars-CoV-2 * corona virus has arrived in Austria.
- Two suspected cases were reported from Tyrol on Tuesday (February 25).
- Switzerland is now also reacting with a drastic measure.
Update from February 28, 10.55 a.m .: Due to the increasing number of coronavirus cases , Switzerland has canceled all major events with more than 1000 people until further notice. Interior Minister Alain Berset said. "We want to limit further infections as much as possible," he said.
These include the Geneva Motor Show , which was due to start on March 5 and is expected to attract more than 600,000 visitors every year. It also affects the Basel Carnival, which should start on Monday. The UN Human Rights Council is also currently meeting in Geneva , which is attended by 10,000 people over a period of four weeks, including around 4,000 from abroad.
In Switzerland , 15 people had tested positive for the new Sars-CoV-2 * virus by Friday (February 28), Berset said. More than 100 people are in quarantine . According to information from the local authorities at Basel , a woman who worked in a daycare center was also infected. The widespread spread of the virus in neighboring Germany and Italy and the first confirmed cases in Switzerland had led to a new assessment of the situation.
Office buildings with more than 1000 people would not be closed, said Berset. "People can move freely there and implement the hygiene regulations ."
Coronavirus in Austria: Three diseases confirmed in Vienna -Number of people infected
Update from February 27, 7:12 p.m .: On Thursday, the first three diseases in the Austrian capital were confirmed, and the test results of two children were still pending. According to the authorities, the first confirmed Covid 19 patient in Vienna is a 72-year-old who has been hospitalized with flu symptoms for ten days. According to Peter Hacker (SPÖ), City Councilor for Health, he was routinely tested for the new corona virus. The Vienna Hospital Association (KAV) said that he was "seriously ill" and was receiving artificial respiration. The man was not abroad.
In the evening, the Covid-19 illnesses of a couple who were said to have been on vacation in Northern Italy with their two children were confirmed. The children also showed symptoms of the disease, but the test results are still pending, the KAV told the Austrian news agency APA. All four family members had mild symptoms. In total, five confirmed cases have been reported in Austria since the outbreak of the novel virus.
Coronavirus reaches Austria: suspected government case
Update from February 27, 4:25 p.m .: The corona virus reached Austria a few days ago, now there could be a suspected case in the Austrian government. As the portal "oe24" reports, a delegation member who was in Iran together with the Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberger at the weekend is said to have been hospitalized with the suspicion of being infected.
Update from February 27, 10:43 am: The corona virus has now reached the Austrian capital. A 72-year-old from Vienna had been infected with the Covid 19 pathogen and is now in a hospital in the Danube metropolis, reports oe24.de. The man had probably been on vacation in Italy before. So far, there were only infection cases in the state of Tyrol in Austria.
Coronavirus in Austria: teacher tested on Covid-19
Update from February 26, 1:49 pm : The test result in the suspected coronavirus is available, as reported by the ORF . A school in Vienna was sealed off out of concern that a teacher had become infected during her stay in northern Italy. The corona virus test is negative , they say.
The closure of the Wiener School caused astonishment on Wednesday afternoon. The lock was "a bit over the top", City Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) told ORF. In his opinion, such decisions should only be based on test results. It could not be that "panicked" police officers were sent to block a school.
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Corona virus in Austria: police cordon off school in Vienna
Update from February 26, 2020, 11.41 a.m .: There is a suspected coronavirus in a school in Vienna. "Due to a possible COVID-19 suspected case, an operation is currently underway in the area of a Viennese school in Josefstadt," the Vienna police tweeted. The school and the entire area around the grammar school in Vienna's eighth district were cordoned off, reports krone.at . At the moment nobody is allowed to enter or leave the building. The reason: there is a suspected coronavirus case. A teacher may have been infected during a stay in northern Italy, it is said.
Due to a possible suspected COVID-19 case, an assignment is currently underway in the area of a Viennese school in the #Josefstadt pic.twitter.com/A1mwKopnEm
- POLICE VIENNA (@LPDWien) February 26, 2020Coronavirus in Austria: Quarantine lifted from hotel in Innsbruck
Update of February 25, 2020, 11.45 a.m .: The Austrian authorities have lifted the quarantine measures imposed on a corona virus case for a hotel in Innsbruck. After tests on 62 employees and guests, the "Grand Hotel Europa" was no longer closed, the authorities in Tirol announced on Wednesday. All of those examined were doing well, but nine of them had been brought to an isolated location “for safety reasons”. They were in close contact with a hotel receptionist who was infected with the virus. The woman, who comes from Italy, and her partner are in quarantine in the Innsbruck hospital. Both had been tested positive for the corona virus, but already no longer have a fever. These are the first two cases of the novel corona virus in Austria.
Coronavirus reaches Austria: Two infected people in Tyrol - Hotel in Innsbruck cordoned off
Update from February 25, 2020, 6.45 p.m .: As the news agency APA reports, authorities in Austria are said to have blocked a hotel in Innsbruck. An Italian woman is said to have worked there as a receptionist, who has now tested positive for the virus. Accordingly, guests should not be allowed to leave the "Grand Hotel Europa".
The coronavirus outbreak in Italy is worrying. The virus has arrived in Europe. Now there are also infected people in Germany.
Coronavirus reaches Austria: two infected people in Tyrol
Announcement of origin from February 25, 2020, 1:50 p.m .: Innsbruck - Two further suspected cases were reported on Tuesday from the Austrian state of Tyrol . Two people with a mild fever are likely to be infected, the Austrian news agency APA reported , citing the state government. However, further test results would have to be awaited. According to the report, the two are two 24-year-olds from the northern Italian region of Lombardy. They were isolated in an Innsbruck clinic.
Coronavirus suspected cases: Austria paralyzes train traffic
After suspecting coronavirus in two Germans, Austria reacted drastically on Sunday night. Trains from Italy on the way to Munich were stopped at the Brenner. Train traffic was paralyzed for hours, as Merkur.de * reports.
A coronavirus outbreak * occurred in Italy. The new virus Sars-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly there. According to Italian civil defense, the number of infected people rose to 283 on Tuesday, and seven infected people have already died. The northern region of Lombardy is particularly affected. To curb the epidemic, the Italian government quarantined 11 locations on Sunday - ten in Lombardy and one in the neighboring region of Veneto. This measure affects more than 50,000 inhabitants.
Austria shares a 404 km border with Italy and advises against traveling to affected communities in Lombardy and Veneto due to the spread of the corona virus.
Important travel information❗️ Due to the spread of the #Corona virus, there is a high security risk for some municipalities in Lombardy & Veneto. Travel to the affected communities that is not necessary is strongly discouraged. More information: https://t.co/gZzDGYhVDc pic.twitter.com/AR2mejDbPH
- MFA Austria (@MFA_Austria) February 24, 2020AFP / ml
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
