In Austria, vaccination runs at a snail's pace.
The number of corona cases is increasing.
The government is now targeting the unvaccinated - especially at après-ski.
Vienna - The number of corona cases in Austria is increasing.
The vaccination rates are too low in the Alpine republic.
The infection process, on the other hand, is dynamic.
The government is currently negotiating a “plan for the autumn”.
Austria's Minister of Health Wolfgang Mückenstein (Greens) has now
hinted at further tightening of the corona measures
in an interview with
oe24.at.
1G rule in Austria: Corona risk après-ski
In the night gastronomy, a 1G rule (vaccinated) is to come for all of Austria.
But this could also be extended to other areas.
“Among adolescents, the incidence of unvaccinated people is ten times higher than that of the vaccinated.
This means that we now have to protect the unvaccinated - in environments that are particularly risky, ”explains Mückenstein in the
oe24.at
interview.
He therefore considers the 1G rule to be sensible.
And: "There are also other areas, such as après-ski, where we know that it can easily be transmitted because a lot of people are together in a small space and maybe still sing."
The winter sports resort of Ischgl (Tyrol) made negative headlines as a corona hotspot in Europe.
Hundreds of ski vacationers were infected with Corona there.
Such a debacle should not be repeated under any circumstances.
Tourism is of economic importance in Austria.
According to preliminary statistics, summer tourism in 2021 went quite well.
The number of overnight stays by guests from abroad is still far below the pre-Corona level, it is said.
Is Austria threatened with the next lockdown?
Mückenstein is currently ruling out a lockdown for those who have been vaccinated.
In the interview, the Minister of Health implies that he can only imagine restrictions on non-vaccinated people.
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“Just as it doesn't make sense that we don't let people who have been vaccinated, who have a very low epidemiological risk, in anywhere, it is just as important that we protect those who are not vaccinated.
That is factually well justified.
We are currently discussing how far this will go. "
Austria: Comeback of the FFP2 mask
According to Mückenstein, other measures should also be reintroduced in Austria.
Among the so-called "basic measures" he mentions "mask requirement indoor".
FFP2 masks would be particularly safe there, argues Mückenstein.
And against the background of the increasing numbers, Austria now needs the safest rules.
The FFP mask requirement and the 1G rule have been under discussion for autumn for a long time.
At the start of school (on September 7th), Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) announced that the mask requirement in closed rooms would be reintroduced.
Corona tests: Validity should be shortened
The validity of corona tests should also be restricted, similar to that in Vienna.
Since September 1st, PCR tests are only valid for 48 hours in Vienna.
Previously, there was a time limit of 72 hours.
In the case of rapid antigen tests that are carried out in the pharmacy or in a test line, the time is reduced to 24 hours.
Only for children under the age of twelve do the previous time spans remain in place for the two variants.
The compulsory test in Vienna applies to people aged 6 and over.
The government wants to discuss further corona measures with the federal states on Wednesday (September 8th). Time is running out. The number of corona intensive care patients in Austria is currently increasing rapidly. Virologist Dorothee Laer of the MedUni Innsbruck asked
Austria to act in a
conversation with
ORF
on Saturday evening.
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