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Corona in Austria: Chancellor Kurz announces lockdown - measures are much stricter than in Germany

2020-11-01T06:17:49.986Z


The corona numbers in Austria continue to rise rapidly. Sebastian Kurz orders a second lockdown. A draft of the regulation was made public in advance.


The corona numbers in Austria continue to rise rapidly.

Sebastian Kurz orders a second lockdown.

A draft of the regulation was made public in advance.

  • The

    second wave * of

    the

    corona pandemic * is also

    causing

    high numbers

    in

    Austria

    .

  • Chancellor

    Sebastian Kurz

    is probably planning a second

    lockdown

    .

  • Similar rules should apply as in Germany.

  • This news ticker is updated regularly.

Update from October 31st, 6 p.m

.: Austria's Chancellor

Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP)

became

clear

at the

Corona-PK in Vienna

(see previous today's updates)

: "Most infections take place with people who know each other, who

like

each other

" he emphasized.

The

nightly curfew

he called therefore

"a de facto ban on visits"

.

It is permitted to leave the

private living space

between

8

p.m.

and

6 a.m.

to relax outdoors, for basic needs, for care or family support, for work or in the event of danger.

Public transport

too

may only be used for these purposes during this period.

However, the regulation could be legally challenged as private space in Austria is

strictly protected

by the

constitution

.

"The police will not begin to look in private homes," said Interior Minister

Karl Nehammer (ÖVP)

.

This refers, for example, to

garage parties

that have been linked to infections in outbreaks in Austria.

Finance Minister

Gernot Blümel (ÖVP)

promised that compensation should be paid out quickly

.

Affected companies should

receive

up to

80 percent of

their sales from the

comparison period

- an average month of the previous year -, a maximum of 800,000 euros.

Blümel estimated the total costs to be around

one billion euros

.

According to the Austrian government, the

first visible impact of the

lockdown

on the

infection process

is only

expected

in seven to

14 days

.

Second corona lockdown in Austria: Chancellor Kurz refers to vaccine

Update from October 31, 5:22 p.m

.: Now the

Corona-PK of

the Austrian government in Vienna

goes

into the

question

and

answer session

with the journalists present.

A journalist from

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz

would like to

know

if one can assume that after the

second lockdown

that has now been announced

,

ski lifts

or

Christmas

markets will start operating

again at least in December

.

“As long as there is no

vaccine

, life can no longer be the way we love it.

In this respect, it is to be expected that - if this lockdown works - we

will be able to experience a

lot again in a

limited way

,

similar to the summer

, ”replies Kurz evasively.

In Austria, this naturally also includes skiing and gastronomy.

After the press conference, Kurz tweeted:

The real breakthrough or the end of this pandemic will not take place until a vaccine is researched.

I remain optimistic & believe that we will be able to return to normality by next summer at the latest.

- Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) October 31, 2020

Update from October 31, 5:09 p.m

.: According to the new

lockdown requirements

in Austria,

cultural and leisure facilities

in the country have to

close, with the exception of

funerals

no more events take place.

The hotel and hospitality industry must also close, only

takeaway

and delivery are allowed.

Top sport

takes place without an audience, sport is only allowed outdoors without physical contact.

Retail, schools and service providers such as hairdressers will initially remain

open

subject to conditions

.

“It is necessary to take this step in order to avoid overloading the intensive care medicine,” said Kurz.

On Sunday afternoon, the main committee of parliament still has to approve the measures.

The ordinance is valid until November 30th, the exit restrictions must be

approved by

parliament

every ten days

.

Austria's Vice Chancellor Kogler on new Corona measures: "More than annoying, more than necessary"

Update from October 31, 4:57 p.m.:

According to Federal Chancellor Kurz, Austria's

Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler

declares himself

to be the second

Corona lockdown

in the country: The planned measures “will dramatically change our lives again, they are

more than annoying

- but now

more than necessary again

. “Everyone who

needs

an

intensive care

bed

in Austria

should also get one.

"None of us is safe from having an unexpectedly serious accident or a serious illness," says Kogler.

Corona crisis PK with Chancellor Kurz: Second lockdown in Austria

Update from October 31, 4:41 p.m

.:

At the beginning of the

Corona PK in Vienna,

Austria's

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP)

points to

the

"explosive increase"

in

Sars-CoV-2 infection numbers

in Austria.

Many people would have hardly any

symptoms

or no

symptoms

at all

  - but many would also need

intensive medical care

.

The situation is "clear", so Kurz: If you do not act now,

the health system

will be

overloaded

"as observed in other European countries".

"Dear Sir or Madam, we will not allow that." Instead, tough measures will push the numbers in Austria down again, Kurz continues.

“From Tuesday,

November 3rd

, midnight, there will be a

second lockdown

in Austria,” he said.

As in spring 2020, it will now

be necessary to "do without many areas that are important to us".

+

Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) orders a second lockdown in Austria in view of the increasing number of corona infections.

© Hans Punz / APA / dpa

Coronavirus in Austria: Museums and zoos also affected by lockdown in the second wave

Update from October 31, 3:43 p.m

.: Shortly before the press conference on new

corona measures

with Austria's Chancellor

Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP)

on Saturday afternoon, around 4:30 p.m.

(see today's update from 9:04 a.m.),

the Austrian newspaper

Der Standard

reports

in its online

-

Issued an updated draft of the proposed

lockdown regulation

.

Accordingly, the

exit

restrictions should

apply in the

future from

8 p.m.

to

6 a.m.

In addition to

leisure facilities

, according to the paper - contrary to what was initially planned -

museums

and

zoos are

now also to

close.

Corona in Austria: Chancellor Kurz plans lockdown - aid package for companies planned

Update from October 31, 2:02 p.m.:

If the second lockdown in Austria is really implemented as expected, restaurants and hotels in particular will face special challenges.

There is hope of compensation for the companies that will be affected by the forced closure.

The government plans to pay

around

80 percent

of November 2019 sales.

This is

what oe24

reports

.

Finance Minister

Gernot Blümel

is said to have promised the aid package: "Preservation of jobs and the survival of companies are in the foreground."

Business representatives, who, according to the

oe24, were invited

to a crisis summit in the Chancellery, are demanding “maximum compensation for the companies”.

The

Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (ÖGB) also

demands that companies that receive state support may not lay off any employees.

Corona: Austria decides on a second lockdown - exit restriction should come

Update from October 31, 9:04 a.m.:

In Austria, the government will react to the Corona * situation with a second lockdown.

This emerges from a

draft

ordinance that

oe24 has before

.

The resolutions are similar to the lockdown light adopted by the German government.

  • Restaurants and hotels

    must close and switch to take-away offers.

  • Cultural and leisure facilities

    - including

    fitness studios

    - have to cease operations.

  • Companies are encouraged to

    Home Office

    switch.

  • Schools and day care centers

    remain open.

  • Likewise, the

    trade and hairdressers

    .

    Unlike in Germany, all cosmetic service providers can still receive customers.

  • There should be an

    exit restriction

    between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.

    There are also

    contact restrictions

    .

    People from a maximum of two households should be allowed to meet.

The new regulation should apply from Tuesday (November 3rd).

According to

oe24,

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wants to

inform

the public

in a press conference on Saturday afternoon (October 31).

Corona: Austria breaks the sound barrier with new infections - the consequences are already clear

Update from October 30th, 11:35 am:

In the meantime, almost all of Austria has been

classified

as a

risk

area

by the

Foreign Office

.

There are only two exceptions for the

Kleinwalsertal

and the

Jungholz community

with a total of 5,000 inhabitants.

Both places can only be reached by road from Germany.

Nevertheless, Austria's

Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz

warned against the closure of the borders in the EU.

"The borders must remain open," he is

quoted

by the

AFP

news

agency

.

At a video conference of the

EU heads of state and government

, he pleaded for "close coordination in the EU".

This applies to the Covid measures, but also to cross-border travel.

Coronavirus in Austria: 5000 new infections exceeded for the first time

Update from October 30, 10.15 a.m.:

In

Austria

, the mark of over

5000 new infections in one day was

cracked

for the first time

.

The Viennese statistician

Erich Neuwirth

even reckons that the 6000 limit will be exceeded on the weekend.

So it's no wonder that

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz

, according to

oe24

, will soon

declare

another

lockdown

.

This should be based on the German example.

While the retail trade and schools are allowed to remain open, cultural life is to cease -

operas, theaters and cinemas

have to close again.

# COVID19 # COVID19at


Morning status report.


From yesterday, 29.10.

8:00 to today 30.10.

8:00 5234 new positive cases.

For the first time more than 5000. We also have more than 100,000 positive in total for the first time.


Data source: https://t.co/cci3QmwgxH

- Erich Neuwirth (@neuwirthe) October 30, 2020

The Viennese virologist

Norbert Nowotny

considers the "lockdown light" to be

the right move

towards the

ORF

.

The measures would “fit perfectly.

I know this is restrictive, but necessary ”.

According to

Minister of Health Rudolf Anschober

from the Greens, there is already a threat of overloading the intensive care units "in mid-November".

Chancellor Kurz wants to announce the next steps against the virus on Saturday.

Corona alarm in Austria: new record - short lockdown on Saturday?

Almost all of the country in the red

Update of 29 October, 19:31:

Austria

reported on Thursday a new

record high

in the

corona

-

new infections

.

4,453

people became

infected

with the virus

within 24 hours

.

Taking into account the number of inhabitants, the development is significantly worse than in Germany, as the dpa classifies the numbers.

The utilization of the intensive care beds also continued to rise.

According to information from the Austrian news agency APA, the so-called corona traffic light jumps to red practically throughout the country.

On Thursday,

Chancellor Kurz

again named the mark of 6,000 new infections per day as a critical value.

According to experts, this will be achieved in a few days.

Kurz will discuss further steps at a meeting with other parties and prime ministers on Saturday.

Several media in the country speculate that a partial lockdown, similar to that in Germany, could be announced on Saturday.

Update from October 29, 2:28 p.m.: Chancellor Kurz

denies that the government would just wait.

“It is a transparent process.” That is why it was discussed with the experts.

But a critical situation is only reached with 6000 infections a day.

However,

Austria

will

not allow

such a situation

.

“We prepare well,” said the Chancellor.

A phase is developing in which countermeasures must be taken.

That is why this process was started.

The public will then be informed on Saturday. 

Corona in Austria: "The number of sick people is increasing rapidly"

Update from October 29, 2:24 p.m.:

Another expert,

Klaus Markstaller explains: “Intensive care medicine in Austria is very well equipped.

However, the capacity utilization is

90 percent full

even without

Corona

.

We can catch small peaks at any time.

However, this system is not prepared for a pandemic. ”However, capacities cannot be expanded quickly at short notice.

Update from October 29, 2:24 p.m.:

Health expert Ostermann explains that out of 100 infected people, they go to an

intensive care unit

within 7 days

and stay there for 12 days.

At the moment "only" 250 people are accommodated there, but with the exponential growth that will change quickly.

"The number of sick people is increasing rapidly," said the expert.

Update from October 29, 2:19 p.m .: Health Minister Anschober

warns of a "dramatic situation".

More and more old people are infected: "We have a shift in the age structure".

The latest numbers are alarming.

He expects 5,800 new infections by the end of next week.

“We have to stop this trend,” says Anschober.

Corona: Briefly warns of developments like in other countries

Update from October 29, 2:15 p.m.:

He warns that important operations will have to be postponed if capacities are running out.

"You just have to look at other countries." On Friday there will be a meeting with the social partners, on Saturday with the governors.

Only then will a

“Lockdwon light” be

announced.

Update from October 29, 2:11 p.m.:

Chancellor

Kurz is

now before the press.

He thanks the experts present at the meeting.

"We are in a second wave that we expected." The numbers would double within a week at the moment.

Austria

has a good health system, but here too the capacities will be full at some point.

Update from October 29, 2:09 p.m.:

The meeting should be over.

The press conference is about to start.

Update from October 29th, 1:56 p.m.:

The PK planned for 2 p.m. by

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz

is expected to be postponed.

The consultation is still ongoing.

Corona: Austria before the "lockdown light" - Kurz and Merkel with decisive agreement

First report from October 29, 2020:

Vienna - On Wednesday was in

Germany

for a video-conference of the Prime Minister with German Chancellor

Angela Merkel

, a new

lockdown

decided.

In our neighboring country

Austria

, the

corona numbers are

also at a worrying level.

On Thursday,

Sebastian Kurz

, the Chancellor of the Alpine Republic, will

advise

government colleagues and a

panel of experts

on the next steps in the

Corona crisis

.

A “

lockdown light

”, similar to the one in Germany, is in the room.

Corona in Austria: Close cooperation with Germany is important - "Want to keep borders open"

On Wednesday evening, Chancellors

Kurz

and

Merkel *

in a

telephone conversation

discussed the situation in the two countries, reported the news portal

oe24.at

.

The

close cooperation

with Germany is important.

"We want to work closely together and

keep

the

borders open,

" Kurz is quoted as saying.

The Austrian Chancellor is planning a “

lockdown light

”, comparable to the new measures in Germany.

This should come into force at the beginning of November.

A government insider said: "It will be quick."

+

Austria is probably planning a “lockdown light” based on the German model.

(Archive image)

© picture alliance / Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP Pool / AP / dpa

Corona in Austria: Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is probably planning "Lockdown light"

The

planned restrictions

at a glance:

  • Contact restrictions

    are to be negotiated.

    In future, only meetings with

    another household

    outside the family

    should be allowed.

    Outdoor

    meetings

    could be limited to

    a maximum of ten people

    .

    According to

    oe24

    information, it is doubtful

    whether this applies to private celebrations and meetings in apartments

    .

  • Mass events

    should

    pause

    .

    Opera, theater, cinema and professional football games should no longer be allowed to take place in front of an audience.

  • The

    trade

    should

    remain

    open

    , while the

    catering

    trade

    should be

    closed for a

    limited period

    .

    Only delivery and take-away services are permitted.

    Fitness centers

    must also

    close

    .

  • Kindergartens

    and

    schools

    should

    remain

    open

    .

  • Hairdressers

    should

    remain

    open

    this time

    .

    Cosmetic treatments

    and all services in close proximity, however,

    should

    be

    stopped

    .

Corona in Austria: Briefly convenes a summit with a panel of experts in the Chancellery

On Thursday, the Austrian government around Chancellor

Kurz will

meet

with experts for a

summit

at the

Federal Chancellery in Vienna

.

The panel of experts will

discuss

the situation with regard to

intensive care capacities

in Austria's hospitals.

In some states, the strong increase in the number of does

Corona *

-Patients

led to concern that the regional

capacity limits

could be reached soon, reports

oe24.at

.

In addition, the

planned measures

in the

coronavirus pandemic * should be

discussed.

Statements in the Federal Chancellery are planned for 2 p.m.

Coronavirus: traffic lights are to be switched to red for almost all of Austria

After the summit, the

Austrian traffic light commission

meets

.

According to a report in the daily newspaper

Der Standard

is in question that up to seven districts in Carinthia

corona lights *

for

the whole of Austria

on

red

should switch.

For the first time, entire federal states would be set to the

highest corona warning level

.

There is also a

general red switch

for all of Austria in the room.

However, there are no measures linked to

the switching of the

Corona traffic light

that come into force automatically.

(ph) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network

List of rubric lists: © Hans Punz / APA / dpa

Source: merkur

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