In Austria, new infections with the coronavirus have recently increased rapidly.
The critical value of 50 is exceeded in almost all federal states.
Austria is badly affected by the Corona * crisis.
The number of new infections has recently increased enormously.
The seven-day incidence * in Austria is 189.6.
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Update from October 26, 8:39 p.m
.: In
Austria
, the
corona numbers have
recently skyrocketed, which is why politicians are facing difficult tasks.
A
lockdown
in the country is by no means excluded.
On Monday,
Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
spoke
for the first time about possible restrictions on the Austrian national holiday.
In an interview with
oe24.tv
, the
ÖVP politician
stated that he was
“not exhausted” by Corona, but that he recognized “a certain tiredness” in the population.
He himself finds the accompanying circumstances of the crisis, such as financial problems for the catering and tourism industry, "terrible", but also says that "the crisis will be with us until the summer."
Based on the worrying developments around the more than 3,000 new infections daily, the situation is "very serious", which is why countermeasures must now be taken.
Especially since
Kurz
assumes that even higher numbers of infections will be observable in the next few days.
Even values around 6,000 cases are no longer utopian.
That is why you have to "look very carefully at what the next few days will bring."
If the current trend is maintained, which can almost be assumed, the whole of
Austria
threatens to
tighten the measures.
The aim is to go through the pandemic with the motto “As much freedom as possible, as many restrictions as necessary”, but “if the numbers continue to rise, there is no other option than to pull the emergency brake.” The word
lockdown
took The Chancellor in this context does not put it in his mouth, but it can be assumed that the population will at least be faced with a modification of the restrictions from the spring.
Corona in Austria: Kurz makes it clear - "It is desirable to reduce the quarantine time"
Update from October 26, 4:59 p.m.:
For the first time, the Austrian Chancellor
Sebastian Kurz
(ÖVP) has
spoken out in favor of
shortening the quarantine
.
In an interview with oe24.at, which will be broadcast on Monday evening at 8 p.m. and from which the broadcaster has already published a short excerpt, he said that the Ministry of Health is currently checking this.
“It is clear,” said
Kurz
, “the more people are in contact with infected people, the more people have to be in quarantine.” If this number becomes too large, it would also paralyze Austria.
"And therefore it is of course desirable that if there is the possibility to reduce the quarantine time and to make freestyle possible, as many experts have suggested," explained Sebastian Kurz.
Nevertheless, the Chancellor also makes it clear that a risk assessment must always be made.
"You can only go this route if it is scientifically justifiable," he emphasized.
Coronavirus in Austria: The number of cases on Monday
Update from October 26th, 1:10 p.m.:
The number of corona cases in Austria also causes concern on Monday.
A total of 2,456 new infections were registered within 24 hours on Monday.
Although this corresponds to a minus of 326 cases compared to the previous day, fewer tests are carried out on the weekend, and there are often no figures from the offices.
Since Thursday, October 22nd, the number of new infections has exceeded a daily value of 2,400.
Upper Austria
and
Vienna
recorded the highest number of new infections
.
The
new Corona cases
are distributed according oe24.at follows in the Austrian provinces:
Burgenland: 102
Carinthia: 43
Lower Austria: 232
Upper Austria: 612
Salzburg: 221
Styria: 334
Tyrol: 282
Vienna: 494.
As the Ministry of Health announced via Twitter, a total of 2,111,575 corona tests have been carried out so far.
Since the beginning of the pandemic,
Austria has
registered
84,130 positive corona cases.
188 people are currently being cared for in the intensive care unit due to the coronavirus, which is an increase of 14 compared to the previous day.
To date, 2,111,575 tests have been carried out.
84,130 of them tested positive.
# COVID19
- Ministry of Health (@bmsgpk) October 26, 2020
Coronavirus in Austria: "The ultimate measure is a second lockdown"
Meanwhile, Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz commented on a second lockdown on Monday.
"The
ultimate measure is a second lockdown," said Kurz.
The criterion for this is the location in the clinics.
“No country in the world will allow intensive care medicine to be overwhelmed.
We will not allow that, ”stressed the Chancellor.
In Austria, the impending collapse of the health system is a legal requirement for a
lockdown.
First report from October 26th, 11 am: Corona in Austria: "Massively increasing growth" - virologist urgently warns of loss of control
Munich / Vienna - While the corona situation in Germany is worsening,
Austria is
not spared from the crisis either.
Rising new infections, new records across Europe.
Austria reached a
record
level on Saturday with 3,614 corona cases within 24 hours
and on Sunday the coronavirus * numbers remained at a
high level
with 2,782 new cases
.
Austria is fighting the second wave of coronavirus *.
A
virologist from
the Medical University of Vienna warned urgently.
Corona in Austria: New infections are increasing enormously - more than 30,000 active corona cases
As you can see from the official corona dashboard of the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES),
Austria has
more than 30,000 active corona cases
(as of October 25, 2 p.m.)
.
The
seven-day incidence
in almost all federal states has significantly exceeded the critical value of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants.
The
average value for the whole of Austria
is 189.6.
The Corona * situation is particularly critical in Upper Austria (206.7), Salzburg (271.6), Tyrol (261), Vorarberg (279) and Vienna (217).
Coronavirus in Austria: Virologist warns - "Control over the infection process will be lost"
Meanwhile, the
virologist Elisabeth Puchhammer-Stöckl from
the Medical University of Vienna warned against
losing control of the infection process in
view of the explosive corona situation in Austria
.
As the "Kleine Zeitung" quotes from an email from Puchhammer-Stöckl
(article behind the payment barrier)
,
analyzes in Vienna have shown
that "infections are already being acquired in an unclear manner in public space." Mail sent to several people on the
Ministry of Health's task force
: "It appears that control over the infection process is being lost."
At a short press conference on the Austrian national holiday on Monday,
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
responded to the virologist's statements, which he valued very much, when asked by a journalist.
“I share your opinion,” said Kurz, “she always warned that
contact tracing would become
very difficult
at a certain point
.
[...] We have
massively increasing, exponential growth
and that is an
extreme challenge
.
The situation is also very, very serious for everyone who still doesn't want it to come true. ”
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen editorial network (mbr)