The numbers of the coronavirus pandemic in Austria are increasing worryingly.
From Friday, new corona rules apply in the neighboring country.
Chancellor Kurz warns urgently.
The
seven-day incidence value *
in
Austria
is currently
109.9
.
Chancellor
Sebastian Kurz
warns of
6,000 daily new corona infections *
in December.
Bavaria's Interior Minister
Joachim Herrmann
speaks
about possible
border controls
due to the situation in the
second wave *
.
This
news ticker
is updated regularly.
Vienna - The number of infections with the
coronavirus is
currently
increasing
rapidly
across Europe
.
This worrying trend can also be seen in Germany's neighboring country
Austria
.
In particular, the
seven-day incidence value
, i.e. the number of new infections with the
coronavirus *
in the past seven days per 100,000 inhabitants, rose significantly in the past few days.
Chancellor
Sebastian Kurz
warned in a video that he shared on social media over the weekend: "The situation in Austria is serious!"
Corona in Austria: the seven-day incidence value is 109.9
Last Friday, the
seven-day incidence value
for
Austria
was
94.8
.
In Germany, an area is considered a
risk
area from the critical value of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days
.
On Monday, the dashboard of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) showed an even higher value of
109.9
for all of
Austria
.
To date, 1,952,578 tests have been carried out.
66,314 of these people tested positive.
# Covid19
- Ministry of Health (@bmsgpk) October 19, 2020
The
seven-day incidence in
the Austrian
federal states
at a glance
(as of October 19, 2:02 p.m.)
:
Salzburg
: 177.9
Vorarlberg
: 160.8
Tyrol
: 158.9
Vienna
: 143.6
Upper Austria
: 99.1
Lower Austria
: 82.7
Burgenland
: 80.1
Styria
: 65.7
Carinthia
: 49.7
Corona in Austria: Chancellor Kurz warns urgently - new rules will come into force on Friday
On Monday morning,
Kurz
warned
urgently in a press conference: "If this trend does not stop, that means 6,000 new infections per day in December."
New Corona rules will
therefore come
into force
in
Austria
from Friday
.
For
private celebrations, there
is then an upper limit of six adults indoors and twelve adults outdoors.
Minors are not included.
Events with a higher number of people must be registered.
The situation is serious!
In Austria we have doubled the number of new infections in about 3 weeks.
If this trend does not stop, then that means 6,000 new infections per day in December.
- Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) October 19, 2020
At
professional events
, such as the State Opera or the Bundesliga, a maximum of 1,500 spectators will be permitted outdoors and a maximum of 1,000 spectators indoors.
However,
no food or drinks may
be served here.
In addition, there is a
mask requirement
, even outdoors.
From Friday, only six people will be allowed to sit at a table
in the
catering sector
.
The vulnerable groups in old people's homes are also to be given greater protection through additional measures.
The
federal states
can sharpen the measures taken depending on the infection situation.
Corona in Austria: Police control measures in pubs and event venues
Last weekend, the
Austrian police
checked
compliance with the
corona measures
in 9,100 restaurants and event venues across
Austria
, as
reported by
oe24.at.
The Ministry of the Interior reported in a statement on Monday that
107
complaints were filed
in the event
.
In addition to 2,666 police officers, employees from district administrative authorities were also on duty.
Ten reviews were carried out in collaboration with the health authorities.
Corona in Austria: Bavaria's Interior Minister Herrmann is thinking about border controls
Bavaria's Minister of the Interior,
Joachim Herrmann,
considers it possible, in view of the acute
Corona situation *
in
Austria
and other neighboring countries, that we will have to talk about
border controls
again
.
"The discussion about increased border controls could flare up again if the infection situation in neighboring countries gets out of hand," said the CSU politician to the newspapers of the
Funke media group
.
“At the same time, we are keeping an eye on the close economic relationships with intensive employee commuting, for example with the Czech Republic and Austria,”
Herrmann
continued.
Federal Foreign Minister
Heiko Maas
recently warned of
border closings
due to the
corona pandemic *
.
In spring, they had bad experiences with borders being closed too quickly, according to
Maas
.
At many borders with neighboring countries there was
chaos
and
long traffic jams
in the spring
.
The rules for entry were only relaxed again in mid-June.
(ph) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network
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