Austria wants to reopen restaurants, hotels, culture and sports facilities.
The so-called Green Pass will be available from mid-May.
Meanwhile, Tyrol is developing into a problem child.
Austria wants to open gastro, hotels, culture & sport and, according to reports, introduce a “Green Pass”
(see first report from April 21)
.
Tirol is still a long way from easing - escape mutants threaten opening
steps (see update from April 22nd, 4:56 pm).
The Alpine republic has exceeded the mark of 10,000 corona fatalities.
(see update from April 21, 12:59 p.m.)
This news ticker about the corona crisis in Austria is updated regularly.
Update from April 22nd, 4:56 p.m
.: Tyrol is developing into a corona problem again.
A so-called "escape mutation" is spreading rapidly.
This is the corona mutation B.1.1.7 with the additional change called E484K, a so-called escape mutation (in German: flight mutation).
The special form B.1.1.7 E484K seems to protect the virus from antibodies.
It tricks people's immune defenses, for example after surviving an infection or after a vaccination.
Austria: Tyrol hotspot for flight mutation
The fear of a rapid spread is growing, as
reported by
derstandard.at
. So far, only individual cases have been reported from Austria. In Tyrol, however, the number has increased sharply. Why Tyrol is a hotspot for this worrying virus mutation (VOC) is currently being researched. Tourismusland Tirol relies on testing to get the Corona case numbers under control. Tyrol wants to start opening in mid-May, said Governor Günther Platter (ÖVP) at a press conference on Thursday. After the total failure of the winter season, the Austrian state wanted to get back on the road to success. There are prospects for the summer season.
In view of the latest developments in Tyrol, experts are calling for tougher measures and contact restrictions.
Testing alone would no longer be enough.
Gastronomy, culture and sport should open up again in Austria (see first report from April 22nd).
After an “opening summit” this Friday, the steps in all areas are to be announced.
Corona: Austria complains of more than 10,000 Covid deaths
Update from April 21, 12:59 p.m.:
Exactly 406 days after the first corona death occurred in Austria on March 12 of last year, the Alpine republic has now exceeded the sad mark of a total of 10,000 deaths.
With the 29 new fatalities reported on Thursday, the total number in Austria is now 10,026 since the pandemic began.
In the second and third waves of the corona pandemic in Austria in particular, the number of corona deaths rose sharply.
In the past six months alone, around 9,000 people died in connection with the coronavirus in the Alpine republic - since the beginning of 2021 there have been almost 4,000. Last December, an action in front of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna commemorated the then 5,000 deaths of the pandemic.
On April 16 of this year there was also a commemorative event at the Academy of Sciences in Vienna.
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Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) at a memorial ceremony for the victims of the corona pandemic in April.
(Archive image)
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Corona in Austria: Health Minister Mückstein warns of a "deceptive" situation
Update from April 21, 6.45 p.m.:
Even if Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wants to give the citizens of his country back a piece of normality by opening restaurants, hotels, culture and sports facilities in the summer, the new Health Minister of the Alpine Republic, Wolfgang Mückstein, urges caution. "It doesn't look rosy," said the doctor when he made his first appearance in front of the Austrian National Council. One should not underestimate the pandemic situation now, demanded Mückstein and spoke of a "deceptive" situation.
The 46-year-old, who took over the post of health minister after his predecessor Rudolf Anschober resigned for health reasons, however, also showed understanding for the concerns of the population in his speech.
“I also want to meet my friends again, go on vacation to Greece and get my old life back,” explains the Green politician.
When it comes to protecting life, however, no compromises should be made, said Mückstein.
Corona in Austria: Brief gives hope - gradual openings from mid-May
First report from April 21:
Vienna - The number of new corona infections in Austria is still at a high level.
On Wednesday (April 21) alone, 2,377 new cases were reported.
The capital Vienna is particularly affected.
The city recorded 714 new infections of the corona virus * on Tuesday.
Nevertheless, Austria * wants to gradually open it from mid-May - with a so-called Green Pass.
The reported
oe24.at
.
Green passport in Austria: a little bit of normalcy could return with the new QR code
The Green Pass should be played on the mobile phone as a kind of QR code, all important information should be there
.
In order to get to the restaurant or shop, according to the report, either a negative test result (PCR or antigen), the vaccination or the notification of recovery after a corona disease should be necessary.
All of this will be stored in the Green Pass.
Restaurants and hotels should be allowed to reopen in mid-May
Austria's Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz * wants to give his citizens back a piece of normality.
With this Green Pass, restaurant visits should be possible both outside and inside from mid-May.
However, should each table only a maximum of two households sit on a maximum number of people indoors will be discussed, reports
oe24.at
on.
There should be a gastro curfew at 8 p.m. with a high degree of probability.
Kurz also wants the hotels to be allowed to reopen.
Every citizen with a Green Pass can then stay overnight in hotels again.
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According to a report, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wants openings in Austria from mid-May.
© Georg Hochmuth / dpa
Fitness centers and clubs have to wait until June to open
In culture, too, things should go uphill again.
Cinemas and theaters should be able to receive visitors again with the QR code.
However, every second seat had to remain empty in order to keep the distance.
Austria has also come up with a plan when it comes to sport.
Hobby sports should be possible again, and the open-air swimming pools should also be opened.
Visits to the stadium should also be allowed again under strict conditions.
Fitness center visitors and party goers, however, would have to be patient -
according
to the
oe24
report, almost everything should open again
from the end of June
.
The specific opening plan is currently being drawn up by the opening commission.
Chancellor Kurz hopes that there will be less and less need for short-time work
Kurz also assumes that 200,000 people will be able to work normally again by the summer, writes
oe24.a
t.
Then the short-time working will be needed less and less, announced the Chancellor.
However, he emphasizes that “tailor-made” solutions are still needed for sectors that are particularly affected, such as city hotels.
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