In Austria there is a corona outbreak in a police control center.
The lockdown in the Alpine republic will last until December 6th due to Covid-19.
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Coronavirus pandemic
* in Austria
: The
second corona wave
*
hits the Alpine republic with full force and ensures high
numbers of Covid-19 cases
.
The government of
Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP)
decided on a
lockdown
until December 6th.
This
news ticker
is constantly updated.
Update from November 23, 4:30 p.m.:
Austria
benefits from ski tourism like hardly any other country.
And so an entire
tourism industry is
shaking
as it continues after the second
corona lockdown
on December 6th.
Specifically: Can the
ski areas
reopen over the winter months or do they stay closed?
As reported by the Roman daily
La Repubblica
, the Italian government wants to negotiate with neighboring Alpine countries to
collectively
ban skiing holidays over
Christmas
.
This
is said to prevent
a
third Covid 19 wave
.
Well-known ski areas such as
St. Anton am Arlberg
are currently still optimistic on social media that things could start again soon - with winter tourism in
Austria
.
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Corona pandemic in Austria: "The number of new infections is still dramatically high"
Update from November 23, 12.15 p.m .:
“The number of new infections is still dramatically high.” With this pathetic sentence,
Austria's
Minister of Health
Rudolf “Rudi” Anschober (The Greens)
assessed
the
corona situation
in a press conference on Monday morning.
685 people in the Alpine republic are currently being
cared for
in
intensive care units
because of
Covid-19
, the head of department continued.
The number of intensively medically treated patients has been hovering around this value for days at just under 700.
Most recently, doctors in
Austria had
repeatedly warned that capacities would reach their limits.
For example, in the federal capital Vienna (almost 1.9 million inhabitants) only two
intensive care beds
were available in the meantime
.
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Health Minister Austria: Rudolf "Rudi" Anschober.
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Update from November 23, 10:30 a.m.:
The number of
new coronavirus infections
is
apparently
falling
in
Austria
.
According
to the Ministry of Health
, there were
3145 newly registered corona cases
within 24 hours
as of Monday morning
.
Austria also
reported
71 new deaths
related to the insidious lung disease.
Coronavirus pandemic in Austria: Corona outbreak at the police station in Linz
First report from November 23rd:
Munich / Linz -
In the
Corona pandemic
*,
the
police
are
the great admonisher and enforcer of the
Covid-19
* restrictions
- whether in
Germany
or
Austria
.
But what if the officials themselves
(cannot) adhere
to the
distance
rules?
At the beginning of the
coronavirus crisis
, this was often a point of criticism via social media, for example when citizens
complained
about full
police
vans.
Corona pandemic in Austria: 45 police officers infected with the corona virus in a precinct
Now there is a
corona outbreak on a police station in Austria!
To be more precise, in
Linz
in Upper
Austria
.
As the authorities
confirmed to
the news portal
krone.at
, 45 officers from the police control center for emergency calls tested positive for the
SARS-CoV-2 pathogen
.
The tests were ordered after the virus was detected in a police officer.
According to the
Kronen Zeitung newspaper
, the department has a total of 85 civil servants - which means that more than half were infected.
Striking: According to the report, the emergency call center is currently located in a different area because the control center is being rebuilt.
Coronavirus pandemic in Austria: Police apparently did not comply with Covid-19 distance rules
And: in the alternative precinct, the rooms are too small, which is why the police officers sit together in groups of several employees in narrow offices.
Doesn't sound like an exemplary implementation of the AHA rules.
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