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Corona: Austria suddenly shoots against Germany - study indicates shocking number of unreported cases

2020-11-28T23:14:10.063Z


Austria is worried about high numbers of Covid-19 cases. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz makes great promises, there is a dispute with Germany. The news ticker.


Austria is worried about high numbers of Covid-19 cases.

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz makes great promises, there is a dispute with Germany.

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

    .

  • Federal 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 27th, 3:30 p.m.:

Due to the

Corona crisis,

Austria

has postponed

the

Matura degrees

for 2021 again - and eased the examination requirements for upper school students in the final class.

According to matching media reports, the written Matura exams will not start on May 3rd, but on May 20th.

In addition, subject areas for the oral

Matura could be

shortened, it is said that the presentation of theses is done on a voluntary basis.

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Destination of many ski fans and winter sports fans: St. Anton am Arlberg.

© Josef Mallaun / dpa

Corona pandemic in Austria: Tyrolean governor sharply criticizes Bavaria's Söder

Update from November 27th, 3 p.m .:

A violent dispute has broken out

between

Germany

and

Austria

over the possible opening of the

ski areas

for winter tourism.

Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and

Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU)

are putting pressure on their south-eastern German neighbors to keep the ski lifts closed until at least the beginning of January and especially over the Christmas holidays.

After the Austrian

Minister of Tourism Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP)

, the Tyrolean governor is now also defending himself against the German demand.

"If the number of infections allows, we will not let Bavaria take our skiing away," said

Günther Platter (ÖVP)

according to

krone.at

in one broadcast.

Söder must also take note of this, said Platter, and advised against doing “politics at the expense of other regions”.

Everyone would lose at the end of the day.

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Corona pandemic in Austria: Rudolf Anschober - Covid 19 numbers must "drop dramatically"

Update from November 27th, 12.30 p.m .: Rudolf “Rudi” Anschober (The Greens)

continues to give the warning

in the

corona pandemic in Austria

- and often uses the word “dramatic”.

The Minister of Health declared on Friday that the

corona numbers

would have to “drop dramatically” even though “the hard lockdown is working”.

During his analysis, Anschober turned his attention once more to the

intensive care units

in the Alpine republic.

As of Friday noon, November 27th,

705 Covid-19 patients were in intensive care beds

.

Comparisons show that this number has been consistently high for weeks.

Corona pandemic in Austria: Violent dispute with Germany over ski areas

Update from November 27, 10:35 a.m.:

In the dispute about the

opening of the ski areas

over the Christmas holidays,

Elisabeth Köstinger

commented on Thursday

in the

ZiB2

program

.

The Austrian

Minister of Tourism

made it clear: "The virus does not spread on the ski slopes, but above all in closed indoor areas." Köstinger rejected the attempts of other countries to start the ski season in January.

"We also do not tell

Italy

what the carnival should look like next year or when

the Louvre will

reopen

in

France

, let alone whether

Germany

should open or close the schools," emphasized the minister.

Köstinger

made it clear: "

We will make the decisions in Austria ourselves

." One always observes the situation in the

health system

and at the same time supports the companies and employees as best as possible.

Corona pandemic in Austria: Chancellor Kurz speaks again about vaccinations

Update from November 26th, 10.30 p.m.: Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP)

visited the

Biotech company Polymun in Klosterneuburg (Lower Austria) again commented on the foreseeable

vaccinations against Corona in Austria

.

“There is a large majority of the population willing to be vaccinated.

I assume that this number will steadily increase when more and more people are vaccinated and you can see that it works safely, ”said the Austrian Chancellor.

The vaccine will "end the pandemic and end the suffering".

According to the news portal

krone.at

, Polymun produces important parts for the vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer.

Corona pandemic in Austria: mass tests for corona infections under high pressure planned

Update from November 26th, 7.30 p.m.: Austria

is working under high pressure to plan the announced mass tests for infections with the insidious

corona

virus

.

As Health Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ)

told the

APA

news agency on Thursday

, around

1.2 million Viennese

in the town hall, in the Marxhalle and in the exhibition hall near the Prater are expected to be infected with the

SARS pathogen

between December 2nd and 13th

-CoV-2 to be

tested.

Corona pandemic in Austria: Covid-19 mass tests for 1.2 million Viennese

  • Corona pandemic

    :

    1.2 million Viennese are to be tested

    for the

    corona virus

    between December 2 and 13

    .

  • The

    armed

    forces are supposed to support the health authorities in this mission.

  • Covid-19 test centers

    are the

    Wiener Stadthalle

    , the Marxhalle and the exhibition hall at the

    Wiener Prater

    .

  • A total of 300 test lines will be set up according to the walk-in principle.

    Citizens can use these to reach the respective tables at which they are individually

    tested

    for the

    corona

    virus.

  • The

    city ​​of Vienna

    wants to

    test

    150,000 people for the

    corona

    virus

    every day

    .

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Vienna is preparing for the mass testing of 1.2 million citizens.

Here the Prater in the foreground.

© Peter Rigaud / dpa

The federal capital

Vienna

has been

a Covid-19 hotspot

since the beginning of the

coronavirus pandemic

.

A total of around 1.9 million people live in the metropolis on the Danube.

Update from November 26th, 5 p.m.:

At the beginning of the

coronavirus pandemic

*,

Ischgl

in

Tyrol

is

the focus as a super spreader.

Now the 2020/21 winter season threatens

to flop completely

due to

Covid-19

- and there is malice from a satirist.

The reaction will follow immediately (see link).

Coronavirus pandemic in Austria: high number of unreported corona infections

Update from November 26th, 3:30 p.m.:

According to the latest surveys,

Austria is

currently

struggling

with a high number of unreported

corona infected people

.

This is shown according to

courier

the first intermediate results of the national

Covid-19 prevalence study

, the

statistics Austria

performs.

This was commissioned by the

Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research

in cooperation with the national

Red Cross

and the

Medical University of Vienna

.

7823 people aged 16 and over living in private households were tested.

Of these, a nasopharynx swab was taken from November 12th to 14th in 2263.

48 of these people tested positive, and a further 24 were already in

officially ordered quarantine

at the time of the test

.

A total of 72

sample people were

infected with the coronavirus between November 12 and 14.

If you extrapolate the total number of infections, the number of

infections

in the period was 228,000.

According to the test persons, less than half (around 103,000) were recorded by the authorities.

“The comparatively high number of unreported cases shows us that instruments such as the upcoming

mass tests are

urgently needed to break the chains of infection and curb the spread of the pandemic.

Asymptomatic people are also infectious and can pass the virus on.

With the mass testing, we want to locate as many of these people as possible so that they cannot infect other people, ”said

Heinz Faßmann

, the Federal Minister for Education, Science and Research.

Corona in Austria: mask disaster in the neighboring country?

Update from November 26th, 12:38 pm:

“What else has to happen before Health Minister

Anschober

, who is

completely overwhelmed with his office,

finally resigns?

This is the limit!

The

Chancellor

has to

pull

the

emergency brake

,

dismiss Minister Anschober

and appoint an expert as Minister of Health, ”demands the party leader of the right-wing populist FPÖ,

Norbert Hofer

.

What happened?

On Wednesday the

ORF

news program “ZIB2”

reported

that

defective protective masks

from China had been distributed to health facilities

in Austria

.

According to the report on the Red Cross, the Ministry of Health

ordered

ten million FFP2 masks

in China and distributed them to

old people's and nursing homes

in

Austria

.

Only one batch was

tested in advance

and found to be good.

Allegedly only after information from a federal state on the

poor quality

was tested again.

The result: the masks tested from the other batch were,

at best, mouth and nose protection

.

“I am

stunned

that the delivery was

not checked

before it was distributed to the federal states

and that a small sample of a single batch was relied on.

With this carelessness human lives were endangered

”, emphasized Hofer.

Health Minister

Anschober (Greens) is

responsible for this

.

Corona in Austria: mass tests are taking place earlier than originally planned

Update from November 26th, 10:45 am:

The

mass

tests

announced

by Chancellor

Sebastian Kurz

and Minister of Health

Rudolf Anschober

in December will

take place earlier than originally planned

in large parts of

Austria

.

The fixed

start dates of

the individual federal states at a glance:

  • Tyrol:

     December 4th to 6th

  • Vorarlberg

    : December 4th to 6th

  • Salzburg:

     December 12th and 13th

  • Upper Austria:

     December 12th and 13th

  • Carinthia:

     December 12th and 13th

Austria's

federal government

 originally planned

to test

individual occupational groups

across Austria.

First

teachers and kindergarten teachers

(December 5th / 6th), then the

police

(December 7th / 8th).

Shortly before Christmas, around December 19 and 20, the entire

remaining population

.

It is important to note that

mass tests are not a panacea

, but provide a snapshot,

Kurz

said

on Wednesday in

Vienna

.

"They are not the only solution that does not exist, but there is a good chance of localizing infections in the population and preventing further infections."

The aim

is

to find

as many

undiscovered infected people

as possible

in time for

family reunions

for

Christmas

.

Mass tests are important to localize infections & prevent contagion.

I am also pleased to confirm that we will be able to carry out the first vaccinations in January 2021, because every vaccination is a step towards victory over the pandemic!

- Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) November 25, 2020

Corona in Austria: visits by grandparents are prohibited

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

On Wednesday, the

main committee

in the Austrian

National Council

discussed

the extension of the

corona measures

.

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

exception

, as the

Wiener Zeitung

reports.

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

Another exception applies to “close

relatives

” - people you meet more often every week.

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

Grandparents

who had previously

looked after

their

grandchildren

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

corona vaccinations in Austria

are

becoming

known.

According to

krone.at

, the "procurement of sufficient

vaccines

for eight million people" is guaranteed.

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

According to estimates,

Austria

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.

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) announced

in the morning that

vaccination

against the

SARS-CoV-2 pathogen could be carried out

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

.:

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP)

declared this Wednesday where

mass tests for the insidious

corona virus

* should

start

in

Austria

- in

Vorarlberg

and

Tyrol

.

Starting next weekend.

For example, on the border with

Germany

on

Lake Constance

, in the small towns of

Dornbirn

and

Bregenz,

according to the

7-day incidence

*,

the infection

rate

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

second corona lockdown

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

vaccination

will be the game changer, the chance

to defeat

the

pandemic

."

With these pathetic words,

Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) Austria

promised

a foreseeable end to the

coronavirus pandemic *

"after a long dry spell"

and named an exact time for it.

The head of government from

Vienna

said that he

had been asked

whether he could meet his forecast for

a normal life from summer 2021

.

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

Corona * strategy

for

Austria

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

In addition to large-scale

vaccinations against the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen,

no less extensive

mass tests

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

center of this strategy

.

In January, the

vaccinations should start in Austria

, said Kurz.

The Chancellor promptly put a damper on things: “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

rule out

new

lockdowns

until summer 2021.

Therefore, at the end of his press conference, he also 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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regarding the corona pandemic in Austria

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