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Corona in Austria: Ski hammer! Season start at Christmas, but: "At some point it will be enough ..."

2020-12-25T10:25:40.262Z


In Austria, you should also wear an FFP2 mask for winter sports because of Corona. A manager in a ski area blows her mind: "At some point it will be enough."


In Austria, you should also wear an FFP2 mask for winter sports because of Corona.

A manager in a ski area blows her mind: "At some point it will be enough."

  • Austria is going

    into a third

    Corona *

    lockdown

    due to the high

    incidence *

    - the

    ski lifts are

    still open.

  • The

    mask requirement

    for winter sports causes outrage among the operators.

  • In the first

    mass test * there

    were fewer Austrians than expected - now the government is advertising with

    easing

    after participation.

  • This

    news ticker

    is continuously updated.

Update from December 25, 2020:

Much was criticized, but the expected rush did not materialize on the opening day itself.

Despite the

corona pandemic,

around 400

ski stations

in Austria

reopened

on Christmas Eve

- even though the third nationwide corona lockdown will come into force on Saturday, December 26th, 2020.

Due to the 10-day quarantine, large numbers of tourists were not expected anyway, but even for the Austrians themselves, the ski start fell into the water, as the saying goes.

In the west of Austria, Christmas was mostly rainy and snowy at higher altitudes.

There were only a few skiers on the slopes, as

reported by the

oe24.at

portal

.

In this way, at least in the winter sports regions, you could keep the necessary safety distance without any problems.

However, further lawsuits follow.

Above all, the mask requirement on and in the gondolas causes a lack of understanding.

Alois Rainer, chairman of the gastronomy department in the Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce, has a “massive lack of understanding” about the take-away regulation.

"Who will compensate the hosts for this additional damage?" He said today.

First report from December 23, 2020:

Vienna - The

ski lifts

may open from December 24 under strict conditions - but hardly anyone expects tourists in Austria on that day.

They have

to be in

quarantine

for

up to ten days

due to

Corona

.

The start is intended for locals anyway - but without

Ischgl

, which should mean something even to non-winter sports enthusiasts.

And

Saalbach-Hinterglemm

will not be there either.

The reason: the Austria-wide obligation

to wear

an

FFP2 mask

in the gondolas and when queuing

: "At some point it will be enough," said Isabella Dschulnigg, managing director of Saalbacher Bergbahnen, the

Salzburger Nachrichten

.

The FFP2 obligation is

unconstitutional

from the point of view of their industry

.

A cable car cannot guarantee a check of the masks, but the

legal liability

lies with the managing directors.

+

Fun in Ischgl (archive image) - before Corona

© Felix Hörhager / dpa

Ischgl tourism director on Corona in Austria: "We are in the shop window"

In Ischgl, once a

hotspot

for the spread of the corona virus, the problem is the cross-border ski area with Switzerland.

"If you make two turns in Swiss territory, you would have to be in quarantine when you return to Austria," said Ischgl's tourism director Andreas Steibl.

In

Switzerland and Austria,

completely different regulations also

prevailed

when it came to the requirement for protective masks and the

catering trade

.

"We are in the shop window and would rather not start under these conditions." Shall now after in Austria to A start

on January 17

permanent

lockdown

sought

which also includes restaurants and hotels.

Corona mass tests in Austria: Kurz government tries a second run

In the neighboring country of Germany, the incidence value is currently around

200

.

Last Friday, the Austrian Chancellor

Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) announced

a

third hard lockdown

.

The second didn't end until December 7th.

All-day

exit

restrictions

apply again from December 26th to January 24th

.

There should be easing for citizens who take part in the

corona mass tests

planned for mid-January (15-17)

.

Specifically, that means: From December 26th.

Trade and body-close service providers are closed again.

Affected employees have the option of short-time work.

This year there will still be a sales replacement, from next year there will be a fixed cost subsidy.

- Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) December 18, 2020

The country has a different timetable than Germany:

Shops

(except pharmacies and drug stores),

museums

and

schools

have to close again - from January

18,

they should then be accessible to those citizens who

can show

a

negative test result

.

Teachers, shop assistants and public transport drivers will be retested

weekly

from this date

.

(dpa / AFP / frs)

* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen digital editorial network.

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Source: merkur

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