Corona: Austria Chancellor Kurz names the end of the pandemic - visits by grandparents are prohibited

High numbers of Covid-19 cases continue to worry Austria.

But it is precisely in this situation that Chancellor Sebastian Kurz promises an end to the corona pandemic - and gives a precise time for it.

The news ticker.

• Coronavirus pandemic

  * in Austria

  : The 

  second corona wave

  *

   hits the Alpine republic with full force and ensures high 

  numbers of Covid-19 cases

  .

• Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP)

   presents his

  Covid-19

  * strategy

  for the coming months and promises

  with full conviction a return to normality

  for

  summer 2021

  .

• This

  news ticker

  is constantly updated.

Update from November 25, 6:25 p.m.:

On Wednesday, the

in the Austrian

discussed

the extension of the

.

The changes were further specified and more precisely defined who belongs to “close relatives” and who can therefore be visited individually.

"Parents, children and siblings" fall under this

, as the

reports.

Grandparents and grandchildren do not count as “close relatives” and are not allowed to meet.

Another exception applies to “close

” - people you meet more often every week.

In this case, however, visits are only allowed if you have already had “physical contact”.

who had previously

looked after

their

could continue to do so.

Corona in Austria: "Sufficient vaccines for eight million people" secured

Update from November 25th, 3:30 p.m.:

More and more details about the

are

becoming

known.

According to

, the "procurement of sufficient

for eight million people" is guaranteed.

The news portal relies on a strategy paper from the Council of Ministers.

According to estimates,

has around 8.9 million inhabitants.

Presale contracts have been concluded with five manufacturers of vaccines, and negotiations are currently underway with two more, the report says.

in the morning that

vaccination

against the

across the board in the Alpine republic from January

.

Corona pandemic in Austria: mass tests start in Vorarlberg and Tyrol

Update from November 25th, 1:15 p.m

.:

declared this Wednesday where

mass tests for the insidious

start

in

- in

and

.

Starting next weekend.

For example, on the border with

on

, in the small towns of

and

according to the

the infection

has been very high for weeks.

"Even after the lockdown has ended, the number of infections in the west will unfortunately be very high," said Kurz, referring to the Austrian map.

The

in the Alpine republic will last until December 6th.

Corona pandemic in Austria: Sebastian Kurz - "The vaccination becomes the game changer"

First report from November 25th:

Munich / Vienna - "The

will be the game changer, the chance

to defeat

the

."

With these pathetic words

promised

a foreseeable end to the

"after a long dry spell"

and named an exact time for it.

The head of government from

said that he

was asked

whether he could meet his forecast for

.

Corona pandemic in Austria: Chancellor Sebastian Kurz promises the end of the pandemic

"I am very pleased to be able to confirm to you today that this perspective will materialize," said the 34-year-old politician at a press conference this Wednesday, November 25th.

He and the Council of Ministers had decided on a

for

for the coming months "in order to really defeat the pandemic with the vaccination".

In addition to large-scale

no less extensive

for the virus in professional sectors and even in entire federal states are at the

center of this strategy

.

In January, the

, said Kurz.

However, the Chancellor promptly put a damper on the situation: “Even if the vaccination is very close, that does not mean that everyone can be vaccinated in January.

We still have tough months ahead of us, ”said the Austrian head of government and warned.

Corona pandemic in Austria: Chancellor Sebastian Kurz does not rule out further lockdowns

Furthermore, every chance must now be seized "to prevent further lockdowns or at least to shorten them".

Kurz

did not

new

until summer 2021.

Therefore, at the end of his press conference, he made an appeal to the citizens of the Alpine republic: “Everything is better than lockdowns that are too long or too hard.

Every vaccination is a step towards more normalcy, every vaccination is a step towards victory against the pandemic. "

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here in the

.

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