The corona situation in Austria is still extreme: some districts have now exceeded the incidence of 1000, and the death rate is rising rapidly.
Health Minister Anschober sees the last chance to prevent the worst.
The second wave * of the
corona pandemic
hit
Austria
with full force.
Due to the high number of infections, Chancellor Kurz has announced a
second lockdown
from Tuesday, November 17th.
Some counties now have an incidence above 1,000 - deaths are rising rapidly.
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news ticker
is updated regularly.
Update from November 16, 2020, 12.24 p.m.:
The Austrian
Minister of Health Rudolf Anschober also
appeals to the population regarding the upcoming lockdown.
"
20 days of drastic reduction in contacts
through telephone and Skype instead of visits, 20 days home office wherever possible, 20 days without family reunions and celebrations - and we can thus protect the lives of many people!", It said in a statement.
For Anschober there is the last chance to protect doctors from triage decisions by consistently implementing the measures.
"Therefore, the hard lockdown beginning on Tuesday is the only chance to reduce severe overload in the intensive care units, the
last chance to prevent triages in Austrian hospitals,
" added Anschober.
The lockdown is our only chance to prevent a collapse in the hospitals.
We now know how serious it is that we need each of us.
We will decide the lives of many over the next two and a half weeks.
Information on the Emergency Measures Regulation: https://t.co/20UFHnt6QU
- Rudi Anschober (@rudi_anschober) November 14, 2020
Corona in Austria: Incidence over 1000 - The numbers are exploding in these districts
The reason for the
tightening of the corona measures
is the continued
high number of infections
in Austria and signs of an impending overload of the health system.
The second wave also hit the German neighboring country with full force.
The 7-day incidence * in Austria is currently 543.4 - one of the highest values in a European comparison.
On Sunday,
5,665 new corona infections
were reported
nationwide
.
The situation
in
Upper Austria
is still particularly dramatic.
The corona numbers are
almost
exploding
here
.
According to the Austrian reporting system AGES, the
7-day incidence
in the Rohrbach district is now
1,372
.
The
districts of Urfahr-Umgebung (1,081.3) and Ried im Innkreis (1,029.3) have also passed the
1000 mark
in Upper Austria.
But there are also corona hotspots in Tyrol, Carinthia and Salzburg, where the 1000 limit has (almost) been exceeded.
Corona hotspots in Austria: The numbers are extremely high in these districts
7-day incidence (new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 7 days)
Rohrbach: 1,372 Schwaz: 1,291Urfahr-area: 1,081Ried im Innkreis: 1,029Völkermarkt: 1,006Tamsweg: 927Dornbirn: 948Eferding: 946Perg: 896Steyr-Land: 861Sankt Johann im Pongau: 844Kufstein: 8445ScheennkirchenBregenz: 821Rust: 7398ScheennkirchenBregenz: 821Rust: 7398Scheennkirchen 784Güssing: 778Freistadt: 778
Corona in Austria: Alarming increase in deaths
Alarming is mainly the number of
deaths: 83 people
are within 24 hours in connection with SARS-CoV-2
died
.
According to oe24.at there are currently 4,178 people in hospital treatment, 599 of them are in intensive care.
According to the information, the number of intensive care patients increased by 30 percent.
Shortly before Corona lockdown in Austria: Last day of shopping - heavy rush to shops expected
Vienna - "For the next two and a half weeks, from next Tuesday up to and including Sunday, December 6th, there will be a second
lockdown
like in spring": With these words, the
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
announced
the renewed
closure of trade
last week
, including shops and services such as hairdressing salons.
Schools are switching to distance learning, leaving the house or apartment is only allowed for specific reasons, as was the case at the beginning of the corona pandemic * in spring.
These include basic needs, work and, specifically, outdoor recreation - but at most with individual “closest” friends or relatives.
Our goal: On December 7th, compulsory schools and retail should be the first to reopen after the lockdown.
One thing is clear: Nobody wants schools, restaurants, shops, etc. to be closed.
But we have to take this step together.
Let's help together!
- Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) November 14, 2020
Corona in Austria: Shops have to close for three weeks
From tomorrow,
Tuesday (November 17th)
,
Austrian retail will be closed for almost three weeks
.
In view of the impending loss of sales, which will be serious in the run-up to Christmas, many shops are reacting with short-term, sometimes extreme discounts and lightning promotions.
Lockdown in Austria: Extreme rush for shops expected
As reported by oe24.at, due to the imminent lockdown on Monday, one expects another run
on the shops
in Austria
.
According to the report, there was already high activity on the weekend in shopping streets, hardware stores and shopping centers, where
long queues
formed.
The Austrian daily derstandard.at reports online on similar scenes.
“People are very aggressive.
The mood is really strange, "a sports shop salesman is quoted by the paper.
“It will be even worse on Monday,” another seller expects according to the report.
In Germany, too, further tightening of the corona restrictions could be imminent.
Details are to be announced in a press conference with Angela Merkel and Markus Söder.
(va) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network.