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Corona in Austria: Only one federal state below a critical value - border controls in Bavaria again soon?

2020-10-20T10:49:07.927Z


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 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

List of rubric lists: © picture alliance / Roland Schlager / APA / dpa

Source: merkur

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