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Austria has got the number of new infections under control - but the crisis is not yet over. Current news in the news ticker.

Update 11.09: The Austrian Chancellor is still waiting for me, the press conference planned for 11:00 am is now delayed by several minutes.

Vienna - Since March 16, life in Austria has been largely at a standstill due to the corona virus * . Far-reaching exit restrictions apply; most shops and all restaurants are closed. However, Federal Chancellor Kurz indicated the first easing that will be announced at a press conference on Monday morning.

Corona in Austria: Kurz gives hope for early easing

The Austrian Federal Government will inform the citizens at 11:00 a.m. about the next steps in the fight against the coronavirus *. It could be that the easing of the drastic anti-corona measures is announced. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of the ÖVP recently made it clear that trade in particular can soon hope for easing - but not major events.

Kurz had told the Austrian newspaper Der Standard that the tracking of the population based on cell phone data was also being considered. When asked whether a mandatory Corona app could come to register any infected * contacts, Kurz replied in the interview: “We are working on this question. The basic problem is: can I remember who I have had contact with in the past ten days? I could not do it. Nobody will know who he was sitting on the bus with. "

The German virologist Christian Drosten also discussed a possible Corona app for Germany.

Corona in Austria: Corona app could soon help with containment

The government is also planning alternatives for the roughly two million Austrians who do not have a smartphone : “There will be an opportunity to develop a key ring. The majority of Austrians support this initiative. Track, test, isolate. “The data of the Corona * app should neither be passed on nor stored externally centrally. But not only the tracking app , but also further tests * and the isolation * of infected people should be part of the strategy to contain the virus. Austria was able to implement another measure with a mouth protection * obligation.