The government around Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has extended the corona lockdown in Austria.
Some restaurateurs now want to open anyway.
In
Austria
, the
corona numbers
have recently
decreased slightly.
But relaxation does not seem in sight.
The
lockdown
was extended until February 8th.
Some
restaurateurs
now fear for their existence.
There
is a huge problem
with the
corona rapid tests *
for students.
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news ticker
is updated regularly.
Update from January 19, 8:54 p.m
.: Have
politicians
circumvented
the
vaccination sequence
in Austria several times?
The mayor of Feldkirch,
Wolfgang Matt
of the conservative
ÖVP
, was forced to justify on Tuesday why he was vaccinated during a vaccination campaign in a senior citizens' home, although the plan said it was not yet the turn of politicians.
The home doctor contradicted Matt's statement that he was given the vaccine when there were no more people waiting, reports the
AFP
.
In the past few days, however, there have been several reports that politicians and
city officials have
already been vaccinated.
The
public prosecutor of Carinthia announced
that they would investigate at least one such report.
Several mayors said they received the vaccination prematurely because they had heart problems themselves or were caring for relatives in retirement homes.
Chancellor Kurz on Corona lockdown: "If we were an island, I would know what I would have to do"
Update from January 19, 2 p.m.:
Chancellor
Sebastian Kurz
(ÖVP) commented on the TV channel
Puls 4
about the extension of the corona lockdown in
Austria
.
He said the end of the
corona lockdown
on February 8 was by no means set in stone.
Kurz made it clear that he was reluctant to commit to a date, "but if we don't give a date, the phone rings all day".
Regarding possible
entry and exit bans
, the Chancellor said: "
If we were an island, I would know what I would have to do
." However
, because of
the ties with neighboring countries,
Austria
and Europe are in a different position.
"
Our system would collapse
if we shut down," explained
Kurz
.
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Due to the ties to neighboring countries, Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (r.) Is currently ruling out entry and exit bans.
(Archive image)
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Sven Hoppe
Corona lockdown in Austria extended: "There is no guarantee in a pandemic"
First report from January 19:
Vienna - In
Austria
, the
corona infection numbers * are
picking up again after a slight decrease.
On Tuesday,
1,486 new corona cases
(previous day: 1,161) were recorded
in the Alpine republic
.
The goal of Chancellor
Sebastian Kurz
and his government is to get
under 700 new infections per day
through the extended
lockdown
.
In the ideal case, one could take the
first steps to open
it on
February 8
, explained
Kurz
.
However, the Chancellor also made it clear in the Federal Chancellery last Sunday: "In a
pandemic *
there is no guarantee."
Corona lockdown in Austria: restaurateurs start opening campaign - "Industry is facing ruin"
The extended
lockdown
in
Austria is
hitting the
catering trade
hard.
The operators have had to be patient for months.
An
opening
still does not seem in sight.
Many of them are facing the
end
.
"The industry is on the
verge
of
ruin", the landlady
Alexandra Psichos
from Vienna told the
Austrian
newspaper
.
Together with many other restaurateurs from all over the country, she launched the “
5 to 12 - we're opening again
” campaign
on Facebook
.
The participants want to
open
their
businesses
without entertaining guests.
Instead, they put
grave candles in
the window.
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The cafes in downtown Vienna are currently empty.
© imago images / photosteinmaurer.com/ Tobias Steinmaurer
Corona lockdown in Austria: hosts are demanding help from the government
Psichos made it clear that the participants in the campaign do
not
want to be “
angry hosts
” who take
to the streets
without masks against the
Corona *
measures
.
"We also don't deny Corona, we take it seriously," said the Viennese restaurateur.
Your demand: "If we are not allowed to earn money, then at least the subsidies have to flow." Some landlords have not received any money since November, reported
Psichos
.
Gert Kunze
, head of a Viennese café, made it
clear
to
Austria
that many companies would
not survive
the
lockdown
.
“We are ready, we want to work, but we are not allowed to,” he said.
Norbert Zauner
, operator of a sports canteen, also complained: "If the government closes the country, it must also ensure that we can survive." He is
afraid for his existence
and only wants to provide for his family.
Video: Corona mutation detected several times in Austria
Corona in Austria: self-test chaos in schools
In the
corona lockdown *
in
Austria
,
schools will also
remain closed for the time being.
For the reopening, the students
are to be offered
free and voluntary
self-tests
.
The tests are "as easy as picking a nose," it said in an instruction video for the action.
The problem: "The tests are either
not at all or arrived in insufficient number
." The declared compulsory education unionists
Thomas Bulant
(SPO) against
oe24.at
.
The directors were supposed to
receive
the
corona tests *
at their schools last Sunday, but many waited in vain.
"To take people off their free time on Sunday and then the logistics on the part of the ministry doesn't work is
more than scandalous,
" said
Bulant
.
According to the
Ministry of Education
, the plane that was
supposed to deliver
the
corona rapid tests
from China was delayed.
In the next few days, however, all 5,800 school locations should be supplied.
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