Corona virus in Austria: "Corona party" in the Ministry? - "Completely unacceptable"

Austria is successful in the fight against the corona virus and therefore decides to relax it. All developments here in the news ticker.

• Corona crisis : Austria is relaxing its exit restrictions .
• For some time now, the number of newcomers has exceeded the number of newly infected people . 
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• You can also find current case numbers in Germany here as a map *. The following recommendations for corona protective measures * are currently available .

Munich / Vienna - Political mud battle in Vienna , in the middle of the  corona crisis .

A photo caused a lot of excitement in Austria . It shows: Five employees of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, as they stand with drinks on a small balcony, which makes the minimum distances between people impossible.

Corona crisis in Austria: Ministry of Economy in Vienna embarrasses itself

The news portal krone.at reported on the incident - and asked whether it was a “corona party”  .

A blogger published an explosive photo on "Fish and Meat" on Friday. On the balcony of the Federal Ministry for Digitization and Economy by Magarete Schramböck (ÖVP) five employees can be seen crowded with drinks.

A spokesman for the business department called the behavior of the five employees on the ministry balcony on the Vienna Stubenring "completely unacceptable", the report said. But it was not a "corona party".

Corona in Austria: Political mud battle in the middle of the pandemic

Nevertheless, the outcry was great - especially among the opposition. The right-wing conservative FPÖ criticized: "While people are telling people at the daily press conferences that they should stay at home, they celebrate elsewhere."

Economics Minister Margarete Schramböck  (ÖVP)  announced a "quick and hard procedure" on the matter. The embarrassment could no longer prevent this. Meanwhile, the fight against the corona virus continues unabated in Austria .

Corona crisis in Austria: Spectacular rescue operation of coronavirus patient between Vorarlberg and Vienna

In a spectacular rescue operation, a Black Hawk helicopter from the German Army flew a seriously ill corona patient from Bludenz in Vorarlberg, including a flying intensive care unit, to Vienna, 600 kilometers away.

Not an easy task to land at the AKH at night after a long flight with night vision devices. Our pilots flew an intensive care patient from Vorarlberg to the AKH yesterday. #Bundesheer pic.twitter.com/5sBlA8wkz2

The pilots had to land at the hospital at night with special night vision devices. 

There is further good news from the Alpine Republic, in which the first easing of the initial restrictions came into force: The number of patients who have recovered from a corona infection has exceeded the 10,000 mark.

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