The number of infections in Austria continues to rise.
From Friday there will be new corona rules in the neighboring country - and possibly significantly more red areas according to the corona traffic light.
The
seven-day incidence value *
in
Austria
is currently 134.5.
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 *
(see first report).
This
news ticker
is updated regularly.
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Update from October 22nd, 3:37 p.m
.: According to the Ministry of Health and the Interior in Vienna,
2435
new infections
were found throughout Austria within 24 hours
registered - a record.
The 7-day incidence * in the capital
Vienna
was
163.4
.
Other
hotspots:
Lower Austria (107.8), Upper Austria (132.3), Tyrol (177.7), Vorarlberg (200.4) and Salzburg (227.5).
1002 infected people are currently in the clinic,
161
of them
in intensive care units.
The Austrian Corona dashboard provides further figures.
Against this background, the portal reported
oe24.at
,
that convenes this Thursday Commission for the Austrian
corona lights *
wants to advise
21 other districts
of the country on the
alert level "red"
to switch.
There are currently four districts.
+
The 7-day incidence in the Austrian capital Vienna is currently alarmingly high.
© Ronald Zak / AP / dpa
Corona hammer: Germany imposes travel warning across almost all of Austria
Update from 11:14 a.m
.: As expected, the Foreign Office (AA) in Berlin has
adjusted
its
travel warning for Austria
.
The AA warns against unnecessary tourist trips "from October 24, 2020 also for the federal states of Salzburg, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Burgenland and Styria".
Entry from Germany to Austria “is possible without restrictions”, the AA further states on its website.
Corona in Austria: Salzburg is now on the red list
Update from October 22nd, 10.14 a.m
.: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) put other regions and areas on the red list on Thursday morning due to the increasing number of corona infections.
In Austria, the federal states of
Salzburg
,
Upper Austria
,
Lower Austria
,
Burgenland
and
Styria
are now also
considered risk areas.
The RKI expressly points out on its website that the classification as a risk area is based on a joint analysis and decision by the Federal Ministry of Health, the Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs.
Corona in Austria: These federal states are considered to be corona risk areas in Germany
Burgenland (since October 24th)
Lower Austria (since October 24th)
Upper Austria (since October 24th)
Salzburg (since October 24th)
Styria (since October 24th)
Tyrol (since September 25th)
with the exception of the Jungholz community (since October 2nd)
Vorarlberg (since September 23) with the exception of the community Mittelberg / Kleinwalsertal (since October 2)
Vienna (since September 16)
Update from October 22nd, 8:32 a.m
.: In Austria, the number of new corona cases continues to rise.
The neighboring country Germany reacts.
How
oe24.at
reports, Germany is to
impose
a
travel warning over almost all of Austria
and cites the
Salzburger Nachrichten.
Salzburg will therefore soon be on the list of corona risk areas.
Almost all federal states are therefore declared to be
corona risk
areas - with the exception of
Carinthia
.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) will therefore publish the new list of corona risk areas on Thursday morning.
Experience has shown that the Federal Foreign Office then issues a travel warning for the regions concerned.
This should then apply from Saturday.
The Foreign Office
has been
warning against
unnecessary tourist trips to the federal states of Vienna, Tyrol
(with the exception of the Jungholz community)
and Vorarlberg
(with the exception of the Kleinwalsertal / Mittelberg community)
due to the high number of infections.
In the state of Salzburg, the 7-day incidence was 197.4 on Wednesday, according to AGES (the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety).
New daily record in Austria - city with the highest number in Europe - Söder reacts
Update from October 21, 2:34 p.m.:
As the
Ministry of Health and the Interior
in
Vienna announced
on Wednesday,
Austria has registered
a new
record daily number
of confirmed
new corona infections
.
The authorities reported
1,958 infections
within 24 hours.
The previous high had been recorded just a few days earlier on Saturday with 1,747 new cases.
Compared to Germany,
Austria, a
country with nine million inhabitants, has
slightly more than twice as many new infections with the
corona virus
per capita
.
The number of
Covid 19 patients
treated in the hospital
rose by 71 to
960
people
since the previous day
.
147
of them are in the
intensive care unit
.
Corona in Austria: Söder wants to introduce mandatory testing for commuters
The Bavarian Prime Minister
Markus Söder
announced in a
government declaration
on the
corona crisis
in the state parliament in Munich on Wednesday that he
wants to introduce
mandatory testing
for
commuters
from foreign
corona hotspots
in the Free State
.
Anyone who has been in a
risk area
within 14 days before entering the country
and
commutes
to
Germany
to work should in future
have to
show
a negative corona test once a week
.
"Our goal is that the borders remain open," emphasized
Söder
, but added: "If you want to keep borders open, you must also ensure
more security." The measure is likely to affect commuters from
Austria
and the
Czech Republic
in particular
.
Corona in Austria: New measures are causing confusion in many areas
Update from October 21, 10:36 a.m.:
On Monday, the
Austrian government announced
new tightening of the
corona measures
, which will come into force on Friday.
However, there is still some confusion about some of the new rules.
For example, which
sporting activities are
still allowed from Friday.
A
visit to
the gym or swimming pool is still
okay
.
The evidence of a
course
in which the number of participants is exceeded by six people, but
not
.
As of Friday,
meetings
with more than
six people
indoors or
twelve people
outdoors are no longer permitted,
with the exception of
minors
.
Which
age limit
here is actually going there that could
Department of Health
does not answer before the
Regulation
is not yet finalized, it said on request of
oe24.at
.
Corona in Austria: Organizers are amazed at the new limit on audience numbers
In addition, many
organizers
, especially those of
outdoor events
, are
amazed
at the new
maximum number of spectators
.
Compared to indoor events, the capacities for this have been reduced very sharply.
The internet portal
oe24.at
made a comparison: the
Burgtheater
in Vienna is allowed to
let
1,000 spectators
into the hall and thus achieves an
occupancy rate
of
89 percent
, while the football club
Rapid Wien
can allow
a maximum of 1,500 spectators
in its
stadium
with a capacity of 30,000 seats
which corresponds to a
utilization
of
only
five percent
.
Even at professional events, no food or drinks may be served & the max.
The number of people is reduced to 1,000 indoor & 1,500 outdoor.
- Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) October 19, 2020
The
Bundesliga clubs
in
Austria
want to talk to the
government
in the coming days
.
They thought a regulation that would set a
percentage
of the audience space occupancy that is the same for all organizers was much fairer.
The
Ministry of Sports
defends the regulation, which is still liberal in comparison with other countries: "In the current phase of the pandemic, it is fundamentally important to avoid large crowds whenever possible."
Corona in Austria: seven-day incidence at 114.5 - Hallein with one of the highest values in Europe
The health authorities in
Austria
reported
1,524 new corona infections
on Tuesday
.
Within a week, the Alpine republic reported almost
11,000 new cases
.
The number of
hospitalizations
has increased from 621 to 889 in the past seven days.
The
seven-day incidence
rose to a value of
114.5
for all of Austria.
In many districts and regions, the
Corona traffic light
is red. The city of
Hallein
im Tennengau in the state of Salzburg yesterday reported a
seven-day incidence value
of
513.5
- one of the highest values in Europe.
The
seven-day incidence in
the Austrian
federal states
at a glance
(as of October 20, 2:02 p.m.)
:
Salzburg
: 184.3
Vorarlberg
: 168.9
Tyrol
: 165.6
Vienna
: 145.2
Upper Austria
: 107.8
Lower Austria
: 88.3
Burgenland
: 78.4
Styria
: 68.5
Carinthia
: 51.0
Corona in Austria: pictures and videos show ski chaos
Update of 20 October, 19:58:
While the former
Corona hotspot Ischgl
presented to the public its plans on Tuesday how a new
mass distribution
of the
coronavirus
wants to avoid circulating on the network images from other
ski areas
that make stunned.
Videos
and
photos
from
Tyrol
show the
large number of ski lifts
.
On both the
Kaunertal Glacier
and the
Hintertux Glacier
,
photos
were taken of people
crowded together
waiting for the gondola at the valley stations.
There
is little
evidence of compliance with the
distance
rules, although the operators of the ski areas put up appropriate signs.
According to a
Twitter user
who posted a corresponding recording and the Austrian media, the pictures are from last Sunday.
Additional information: I made a mistake, the photo is not from yesterday, but from Sunday.
I wasn't there myself, but one of my friends from the rl, who, for reasons, doesn't want to tweet.
- Martina cirko (@CirkoMartina) October 20, 2020
Corona in Austria: Ex-hotspot and ski resort Ischgl presents its anti-corona strategy
Update from October 20, 4:52 p.m.:
The Austrian winter sports resort
Ischgl
, which in March was still the
hotspot
for the spread of the
corona pandemic
, wants to be one of the
safest destinations in the Alpine region
in the upcoming season
.
"The experiences of the past winter determine our actions for the future", the
tourism and cable car managers
emphasized
on Tuesday.
The Silvrettaseilbahn AG recently invested around
700,000 euros
in health and safety standards.
Cameras should immediately provide information about
group formation
when queuing.
In addition,
waiting times are to be
predicted and the
cable car cabins are to be
disinfected
with cold fogging
devices.
The
Paznaun-Ischgl tourism association
, together with the
ski areas, has developed
a new app for each location in the Paznaun Valley, which also includes the option of
guest registration
in
restaurants
, according to a
press release
.
The system for testing guests, employees and locals is currently being expanded.
There won't be any
après-ski
this winter in the form known so far.
The
first day of skiing
in
Ischgl
is
planned for
November 26th
,
Galtür
is to
follow
on
December 5th
,
Kappl
and
See
on
December 18th
.
The
corona test program
for tourism
launched
by the
Austrian government
is to be
expanded
, as the Ministry of Tourism announced to the Austrian news agency
APA
.
This means that
ski instructors
,
mountain guides
,
travel companions
,
tourist guides
or
private room landlords
are now also
eligible and can be
tested
once a week
.
For the program, which has been running since July, the government has made
150 million euros
available by the
end of the year
.
So far, 350,000 tests have been carried out on around 83,000 employees.
Corona in Austria: the seven-day incidence value is 109.9
First report from October 20:
Vienna - The number of infections with the
corona
virus is
currently
rising
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!"
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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