Corona in Austria: renewed lockdown extension? Kurz invites you to the summit today - new rules in force

2021-01-25T10:49:52.992Z

In Austria, the corona situation is tense with a view to the spread of virus variants. Chancellor Kurz wants to discuss the current lockdown at an expert summit.

In Austria, the corona situation is tense with a view to the spread of virus variants.

Chancellor Kurz wants to discuss the current lockdown at an expert summit.

The
first
steps to
open the
lockdown
are to take place
in

Austria
on February 8th
.
The
government is very concerned about the
spread of the

corona mutations *
.
On Monday (January 25), Chancellor

Sebastian Kurz
invites you
to a

Corona *

summit
to discuss the measures.
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Vienna - "Of course it is my goal to gradually open in a controlled manner - but only if it is responsible," said Health Minister

Rudolf Anschober

(Greens) on Sunday in the newspaper

Austria

Despite the tough

lockdown

, the

corona situation

Austria

remains

tense.

Recently there have been increasing reports of cases of the

corona mutation

, also in ski areas.

The government around Chancellor

Sebastian Kurz

(ÖVP)

wants to

avoid

a nationwide spread of the virus variant in Austria

Austria: Chancellor Kurz invites you to the Corona summit

Kurz therefore invites you to a

Corona summit

in the

Federal Chancellery

in Vienna

on Monday

According to a report by the

Austrian

newspaper

, the Chancellor will meet with Vice Chancellor

Werner Kogler

(Greens) and Health Minister Anschober with numerous experts

from 4.30 p.m.

to discuss the currently applicable

lockdown *

This will be followed by a video conference with the nine

governors

A decision on a

lockdown extension

is not to be made today, according to

Austria

from the Chancellery in Vienna.

The

summit

with the experts is intended to provide a “

basis for decision-making

” as to what and whether to open on February 8th.

Corona in Austria: Gastronomy may only open after Easter

The government's current plan is for

schools to

open in shifts

February 8th

FFP2 mask is required

from the age of 14

In addition,

retailers

and

service providers should

also be allowed to reopen - with a limited number of customers and also an FFP2 mask requirement.

There

is currently no opening date

for

hotels

and

restaurants in

sight.

According to

Austria

information, the

gastronomy should

not

open

until

after Easter

Corona in Austria: New rules in force - experts call for tightening lockdowns

New Corona * measures will take

effect

on Monday (January 25)

Instead of one meter, a

safety distance

of two meters

now applies in public spaces

In addition, there is an

FFP2 mask requirement

in public transport and when shopping, as in Bavaria.

Some

experts are

calling for even

stricter measures

in the fight against the

corona pandemic *

The President of the Medical Association,

Thomas Szekeres

, recently spoke out in favor of

closing the ski lifts

and cable cars.

Epidemiologist

Gerald Gartlehner

from the Danube University Krems agrees with this opinion.

In Austria's ski areas there are sometimes long queues in which the corona rules are not always observed - as here at a gondola station on Kreischberg.

Johann straw

In the

Ö1 morning journal

, he said that one had to admit that the

lockdown

in its current form had reached the

maximum of effectiveness

A hard lockdown of two weeks would have been better, says

Gartlehner

- with a block on ski lifts, mandatory home office and more controls.

"Then we might have had the chance to achieve the goals," explained the epidemiologist.