The corona situation in Austria is extreme: some districts exceed a 7-day incidence of 1000, the Covid 19 death rate is increasing.
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Austria has a coronavirus pandemic:
The second wave * hit the Alpine republic with full force.
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) has
announced
a
second lockdown
from Tuesday, November 17
, due to the high number of
corona infections
.
Some districts in
Austria
now have a
7-day incidence
over 1000 -
Covid-19 deaths
are increasing.
This
news ticker
is updated regularly.
Update from November 17, 9.42 a.m.:
Austria has
been back in
corona lockdown
since midnight
.
Strict
exit
restrictions apply
.
As at the beginning of the pandemic in spring, leaving your own apartment is only allowed for certain reasons - such as shopping, visiting the doctor or even for walking and jogging.
The
trade
is almost completely
closed
.
Only the shops for
daily needs
such as supermarkets, drug stores, pharmacies and banks are open.
The schools are switching to
distance learning
for all grades
.
The restrictions are expected to end on December 6th.
The Austrian Chancellor
Sebastian Kurz
made it clear that after the
lockdown,
mass tests should play a special role in getting the infection process under control.
The aim is to find infected people as quickly as possible and send them to quarantine.
He discussed this with the Slovak Prime Minister
Igor Matovic
on Monday
.
In
Slovakia
, millions of people were tested over several weekends.
According to
Health Minister
Rudolf Anschober
, such
mass
tests should not only be carried out for certain professional groups.
They could also be organized at regional level.
Today I had an interesting exchange with the Slovak Prime Minister @i_matovic about our planned # COVID19 mass tests.
This is an offer to the Austrian population.
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- Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) November 16, 2020
Corona in Austria: Bavaria's Prime Minister Söder with a swipe
Update from November 16, 10 p.m.: Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU)
has given
a clear swipe towards
Austria
after discussions between the German state leaders and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) about the expansion of the
second corona lockdown in Germany
.
When
Söder was
asked about the possibility of celebrating Christmas with his family despite the
Corona crisis
, the Franconian replied: “I'm more of a
New Year's Eve
.
Because of the high number of cases,
Austria
now has much stricter measures.
We have to think carefully about what happens when the ski areas in
Austria
reopen
around Christmas
for tourism reasons. "
A painful tip from
Munich
in the direction of
Vienna
and the ski areas, for example in Tyrol and the Salzburg region.
As a reminder: The winter sports and après-ski resort of
Ischgl
had come into
negative focus across Europe as a super spreader
at the beginning of the
coronavirus pandemic
.
Several Bavarian and Austrian corona hotspots border each other, for example around the
Berchtesgadener
Land, in the greater
Salzburg
/ Traunstein area or on
Lake Constance
.
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Crisis manager in Corona times: Bavaria's Markus Söder (left) and Austria's Sebastian Kurz.
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Corona pandemic in Austria: Federal President Alexander van der Bellen with an emotional appeal
Update from November 16, 9:30 p.m.:
Before the
second Corona lockdown
*
in the Alpine republic, the
Austrian
Federal President Alexander van der Bellen
addressed the citizens of his country in an emotional message on social media.
The 76-year-old Viennese told of phone calls that he made throughout the day with
doctors
and
intensive care nurses
from hospitals across the country.
“These conversations made me feel the dramatic situation we are in.
Everyone has confirmed to me that the
situation in the
hospitals
is extremely tense, but it is still manageable.
Still, "said Van der Bellen and, with a view to the doctors, demanded:" We are restricting our personal contacts so that nobody has to decide who
gets
an
intensive care
bed and who doesn't.
So who has a chance of survival and who doesn't.
No doctor, nobody should have to make such a decision. "
Van der Bellen addressed the appeal with concrete examples.
"We are going into this
lockdown
for all of our older people, for all people with previous illnesses," he said and said: "We are doing it for everyone who has an accident, a stroke or a major operation and an
intensive care bed
in the next few weeks
need."
So now lockdown again.
Nobody in our country wanted this situation.
Because we all pay a high price.
But remember, we're going into this lockdown together.
And we'll come out again together.
(vdb) pic.twitter.com/LzRbtQRU0P
- A. Van der Bellen (@vanderbellen) November 16, 2020
The Austrians would “support everyone in the caring professions.
The doctors in the intensive care units, the nurses.
All the people in the hospitals who are now doing great things, ”said the Federal President from the
Vienna Hofburg
to the whole country.
He promised: "We'll go into this
lockdown together
and we'll get out of it together."
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Corona crisis in Austria: Chancellor Kurz and Health Minister Anschober.
© Helmut Fohringer / APA / dpa
Corona pandemic in Austria: "20 days without family reunions and celebrations"
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.
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