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Corona in Austria: Kurz names plan for Christmas and skiers - new border rule hits Germans hard

2020-12-03T07:11:53.929Z


The number of new corona infections remains high shortly before the end of the lockdown. The government around Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wants to announce the first easing on Wednesday.


The number of new corona infections remains high shortly before the end of the lockdown.

The government around Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wants to announce the first easing on Wednesday.

  • The

    second wave * of

    the

    corona pandemic *

    continues to cause high numbers of infections

    in

    Austria

    .

  • The

    government

    probably wants to keep the hotels

    closed

    over

    Christmas

    - that would have an impact on

    skiing holidays

    .

  • In the

    future, the

    police

    should be able to monitor compliance with

    corona requirements

    on site.

  • This news ticker is updated regularly.

Update from December 2, 2:12 p.m.:

The

government

press conference

is now

over

.

The most important statements at a glance:

  • The

    trade

    ,

    compulsory schools

    and

    body-related services

    are allowed to reopen on December 7th.

  • Hotels

    and

    restaurants will be

    closed

    until January 7th

    .

  • As of

    December 24

    is

    outdoor sports

    again permitted without contact.

    This means that skiing and cross-country skiing are possible over Christmas.

  • A

    ten-day quarantine

    obligation

    applies to those arriving by mid-December at the latest

    .

Update from December 2, 2:02 p.m.: Kurz

appealed to the population

to use

the

trade

wisely.

He hopes that not everyone rushes into the shops on the first day, but rather spreads out over the next few days.

Anschober also

announced a

second round of mass testing

after the holidays.

The aim is to discover people who have become

infected

over

Christmas

.

Update from December 2, 1:50 p.m.:

Exceptions to the new

entry

regulations apply to

business travelers

and

commuters

, Kurz explained

when

asked.

The Chancellor named New Year's Eve parties in Prague or visits to home by many Austrian citizens from the Western Balkans as examples of scenarios that one would like to prevent.

"Our goal must be that we do not have a risk from returning travelers after Christmas."

Corona in Austria: Strict rules at the border - quarantine obligation for travelers

Update from December 2, 1:42 p.m.:

For Germans who

wanted to spend

their

skiing holiday

in the

neighboring country

during the

Christmas holidays

, this means:

Austria

imposes

a

ten-day quarantine

obligation

for all people entering from

Corona risk areas

.

In addition, the hotels will remain closed until January 7th.

Skiing is therefore only possible as a

day trip

for the Austrian population.

Update from December 2, 1:35 p.m .:

Interior Minister

Karl Nehammer

declares that Austria wants to enforce a strict “entry regime” before Christmas.

In the summer, return travelers caused a steady increase in the number of infections.

A ten-day quarantine obligation therefore applies to travelers.

Corona in Austria: the number of infections has stabilized

Update from December 2, 1.30 p.m.:

Minister of Health

Rudolf Anschober

first gave a review of the

explosion in

the number of

infections

at the end of October and beginning of November.

The

lockdown succeeded

in

stabilizing

and subsequently reducing the number of new infections in Austria.

"It's too slow for me every day, but the trend is right," said Anschober.

The

health minister made it clear that the

total number of

active cases of infection

with the

corona

virus is

falling step by step.

By December 9th, a forecast shows an average number of new infections of 2000 new cases per day.

The

main problem is

currently the many

deaths

.

“This number is not just a number, but life, fate,” said

Anschober

.

The next big goal must be to reduce the number of deaths.

The number of occupied

intensive care beds

is currently falling and it has been

possible to prevent

the hospitals

from being

overloaded

.

“But there is still a lot to be done,” explained Anschober.

One must press ahead with the stabilization and sustainable reduction of the numbers.

"It remains a tough process."

Corona in Austria: New rules - outdoor sports without contact allowed from Christmas

Update from December 2, 1:20 p.m.:

Vice Chancellor

Werner Kogler

explains that the

event industry

cannot yet be opened up.

“We have to remain cautious.” By and large, understanding in this industry also prevails.

There is no prospect for events until January 7, explained Kogler.

From December 24th,

outdoor sports

without contact will be possible again.

Kögler listed

skiing

and cross-country skiing

as examples

.

Indoor sports are

still

prohibited

.

Corona in Austria: Kurz wants to "rely on a consistent border regime" in winter

Update from December 2, 1:12 p.m .:

"It is absolutely realistic to get to a lower infection level before Christmas," emphasizes

Kurz

.

It is up to everyone to keep the number of

infections

growing

as slowly as possible.

Finally, the Chancellor appealed to the population

to abide

by the

rules

and to

take part

in the

mass

tests.

Kurz

would like to rely on a "

consistent border regime

" in the

future

.

In summer you have the numbers in

Austria

decreased by

returning travelers

they were then rose again.

One wants to prevent this scenario in winter.

Austria rules: skiing is possible again after Christmas

Update from December 2, 1:07 p.m .:

"The falling numbers are a success, but no reason to give the all-clear," explains Kurz.

Compulsory schools

are allowed to

open from

December 7th

.

The upper levels, with the exception of the final classes, remain in distance learning.

The

trade

,

museums

and

body care services

are also allowed to open from December 7th.

There will be

night curfews

between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Contacts should be restricted to another household again.

The goal is

to get

the infection

numbers

down by

December 23,

so that a

Christmas party

with up to

ten people

can be made possible, explains Kurz.

“It should be a dignified Christmas, with the highest possible level of security.” From

December 24th,

outdoor sports and thus

skiing should also be

made possible.

Update from December 2, 1:02 p.m.:

Chancellor

Kurz

takes the floor first.

The

lockdown

phase

had had an impact.

It was possible to prevent excessive demands on hospital capacities.

Therefore, one can now make careful

opening

steps again.

Briefly, however, makes it clear: "The pandemic is not over." He expects a return to normal in summer.

Update from December 2, 12.30 p.m.:

At 1 p.m., Federal Chancellor

Sebastian Kurz

(ÖVP), Vice Chancellor

Werner Kogler

(Greens), Health Minister

Rudolf Anschober

(Greens) and Interior Minister

Karl Nehammer

(ÖVP) appear in front of the public and announce the plan for the

rest

of the world Procedure in the

corona pandemic

.

According to media reports, most of the

lockdown

measures will be

extended.

Only the trade and schools should be allowed to open next week.

Corona in Austria: 3972 new infections and 121 deaths

Because: the number of

new infections

in

Austria

is falling too slowly.

From Tuesday to Wednesday,

3972 new cases were

recorded

again

, around 650 more than in the 24 hours before.

In addition,

121 new corona deaths

were reported.

The number of

hospitalizations

and patients in the

intensive care units

is gradually falling.

On Wednesday, 4245 people infected with corona were treated in hospitals across Austria, 674 of them in intensive care.

The numbers of

new corona infections

from the

federal states

at a glance:

  • Upper Austria

    : 677

  • Lower Austria

    : 636

  • Styria

    : 593

  • Vienna

    : 553

  • Salzburg

    : 450

  • Carinthia

    : 358

  • Tyrol

    : 332

  • Vorarlberg

    : 222

  • Burgenland

    : 151

Corona in Austria: Federal President Van der Bellen receives Kurz and Kogler

Update from December 2, 11.40 a.m.:

On Wednesday morning, Federal President

Alexander Van der Bellen

received Federal Chancellor

Sebastian Kurz

and Vice Chancellor

Werner Kogler

.

They talked about the planned

easing steps

after the

lockdown

and the medium-term strategy of fighting pandemic in

Austria

.

In order to emerge from the crisis “stronger than ever,

good cooperation between all relevant forces

in our society is

needed,

” said

Van der Bellen

after the conversation with the

APA

.

"The coming weeks and months, like the last ones, will be a great challenge for our country," wrote the Federal President in a statement.

Everything must be done in the coming weeks to get the

corona crisis

under control and

avoid

a

third wave

.

In order to emerge from the health and economic crisis stronger than ever, good cooperation between all relevant forces in our society is needed now.

Only together will we bring Austria back through this time & after the Corona crisis.

(vdb) pic.twitter.com/lVmvVrEakI

- A. Van der Bellen (@vanderbellen) December 2, 2020

Corona in Austria: Anschober wants to change the publication of the numbers

Update from December 2, 9.50 a.m.:

As we already reported, the

corona numbers

in

Austria were

published later than usual

on Tuesday, one day before today's

lockdown decision of

all things (see first report)

.

The reason for this is now clear.

The

Ministry of Health

around Minister

Rudolf Anschober

asked for the future publication of the corona numbers from the

laboratories'

electronic reporting system (EMS)

.

These tend to be much lower than the values ​​published so far.

+

Health Minister of Austria: Rudolf "Rudi" Anschober.

© Georg Hochmuth / dpa

Since the beginning of the

corona pandemic,

all media and the population have been comparing

the values ​​that are

transmitted

daily to the

federal crisis team

in the Ministry of the Interior

.

"If you suddenly break with this practice, you would only be

kidding

the population,

" the

corona officer of

a federal state

explained

to

heute.at

.

“And that just before the day on which far-reaching opening steps after the lockdown are to be announced.

A rogue if you think badly. ”

Several federal states refused

the request of the Ministry of Health.

Corona: Bavarian State Chancellor appeals to the "Austrian friends" in the ski Zoff

Update from December 1, 9:16 p.m.:

In the smoldering dispute about the opening of the

ski areas

in

Austria

,

Bavaria has

stepped up.

State Chancellery Chief

Florian Herrmann

appealed in Munich “to Austrian friends to reconsider”.

The Free State is still in favor of keeping the ski slopes closed across Europe until January 10th.

Previously, Austria's Minister of Tourism, Elisabeth Köstinger, had

forbidden

any

interference

from the German side.

"I heard we shouldn't give advice and they don't care what suggestions we have," replied Herrmann.

The CSU politician could

only advise

the

Alpine republic

to "just possibly do it the way we do it."

Corona in Austria: Numbers still high - Kurz still apparently wants to relax

First report from December 1, 5:05 p.m.:

Vienna - The

Austrian federal government

wants to discuss the

upcoming easing

after the

hard lockdown

on Tuesday afternoon

.

On Wednesday they are to be decided in the Council of Ministers and then presented to the public.

Due to the continued

high number of infections

, Chancellor

Sebastian Kurz has

already

dampened

expectations.

"We will have to live with further massive restrictions after December 7th," he told the

Kleine Zeitung

on Sunday.

Corona in Austria: Government wants to ban skiing holidays over Christmas

In addition to the

cautious opening steps

that have

already become known

, such as opening the trade, a real

bang is looming

.

The government is planning

to ban ski holidays over Christmas

.

According to a report by

oe24.at

, in addition to the catering trade,

hotels

should also

remain closed

over Christmas

.

This means that skiing would only be possible as a day tour, i.e.

without overnight stays

in hotels and hut visits.

It has not yet been clarified

whether

the ski areas will

even be able to

open

over Christmas.

A heated debate has broken out in Europe on this issue.

Kurz

has already clearly

positioned itself

against a Europe-wide closure of the ski areas

.

However, the sports and leisure facilities will

not be part of the first opening step

in

Austria

, the Chancellor announced in the

Kleine Zeitung

.

Nevertheless, the government wants to make

more sport possible

again in the "foreseeable future"

, especially if it takes place outdoors and as an individual

sport

.

Corona in Austria: More than 3000 new infections - 141 deaths

On Tuesday, the new

Corona numbers *

in

Austria were published

later than usual.

3,033 new infections were

registered

from Monday to Tuesday

.

That is almost 300 more than yesterday, but there is significantly less testing at the weekend.

4,377 new cases were reported last Tuesday.

The situation in the

hospitals

remains

tense

.

There are 152 more patients in the normal wards than yesterday, while there are ten fewer patients in the intensive care units.

Within a day are

141 people

in connection with the

coronavirus *

died

.

Most

new infections

within 24 hours were

reported

in

Vienna

.

The number of new

corona cases in

the individual federal states at a glance:

  • Vienna

    : 665

  • Upper Austria

    : 593

  • Styria

    : 401

  • Tyrol

    : 383

  • Lower Austria

    : 366

  • Salzburg

    : 266

  • Carinthia

    : 195

  • Vorarlberg

    : 103

  • Burgenland

    : 61

Corona in Austria: Police should be able to control offices in the future

According to the

APA

present

legislative proposals

should in addition to the district administrative authorities in future also expressly

police

compliance with

corona requirements

are allowed to control on site.

The police should therefore

establishments

,

places of work

,

transport

and

specific locations

to control the

corona measures

are allowed to enter.

The

controls

do not include the

private living

area

.

It is basically excluded from the definition of “certain places” according to the Measures Act.

(ph) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network

List of rubric lists: © picture alliance / dpa / APA |

Georg Hochmuth

Source: merkur

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