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Corona hammer: Germany imposes travel warning across almost all of Austria

2020-10-23T08:48:58.219Z


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 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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You can read all further developments on the corona pandemic in Austria in this news ticker.

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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

List of rubric lists: © Sven Hoppe / POOL / AFP

Source: merkur

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