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
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