Austria is massively tightening its corona rules - there is a lockdown for unvaccinated people.
Due to further tightening there is now chaos.
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Austria has decided to lockdown those who have been vaccinated.
(see first report)
Health Minister Mückstein is now announcing the first small relaxation.
(see update from November 16, 10:30 a.m.).
Chancellor Schallenberg, however, gave Mückstein a rejection of the demand for night curfews.
(see update from November 15, 10:40 a.m.)
Update from November 16, 1:56 p.m
.: Intensive care units in Austria are under extreme pressure.
Hospitals are on the verge of collapse.
The Salzburg State Clinics are already putting together a triage team.
Lockdown chaos in Austria: First relaxation after just one day - Chancellor conquers ministerial plan
Update from November 16, 10.30 a.m.:
A nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people in Austria only came into effect on Monday, now the first relaxation has already taken place. The restrictions apply nationwide to all people over the age of twelve who have neither proof of vaccination nor proof of a corona infection who have survived the past 180 days. In Austria, the 3G rule now generally applies at the workplace, and people who have not been vaccinated can present an antigen test here. In some areas, however, the 2.5G rule applies to unvaccinated people in the workplace. The areas affected are hospitals, nursing homes and old people's homes. Unvaccinated people have to present a PCR test and wear an FFP2 mask. But it is precisely at this point that the first relaxation comes into effect.
As
reported
by
oe24
, citing Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein, these people who are obliged to test can only be required to perform an antigen test for the workplace in an emergency.
As the portal quotes a message from the Minister of Health, this is only possible "for reasons of lack of availability".
Chancellor Schallenberg against general exit restrictions
Update from November 15, 10:40 a.m
.: The Austrian Chancellor Schallenberg (ÖVP) gave Health Minister Mückstein a rejection on Monday. This had promised a general nocturnal exit restriction as a further measure. Schallenberg, on the other hand, does not want any new measures in night dining. Rather, he would like to use the lockdown for the unvaccinated as a motivation for citizens to get vaccinated. Rather, he is thinking about expanding the FFP2 mask requirement and similar measures.
Update from November 14, 10:40 p.m.:
After the lockdown for unvaccinated people (
see initial report
), the Austrian federal government is also thinking of night exit restrictions for all citizens.
This proposal is on the table and will be decided next Wednesday, said Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) on Sunday evening in the ORF news program "ZiB2".
Austria: Minister wants curfew for vaccinated people too
“We're all in the same boat,” said Mückstein.
If a general lockdown is to be prevented, a reduction in contact between people is imperative, the minister said.
The restrictions would apply from 10 p.m. and also mean that night restaurants would be closed again.
In the middle of the week it will be seen whether the lockdown for the unvaccinated has already worked, Mückstein continues.
Corona: Austria decides to lockdown for unvaccinated people from tomorrow - only for urgent reasons on the street
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Austria is considering new night exit restrictions
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Initial report:
Vienna - The decision was expected, now it is: In Austria, a lockdown for corona-unvaccinated people will apply from Monday (November 15). Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) and the heads of government of the federal states decided on Sunday in Vienna. The measure applies to the fight against the pandemic. "We are not taking this step lightly," said Schallenberg. But the numbers speak a clear language.
The new restrictions should apply to citizens who have neither a vaccination certificate nor proof of a corona infection that has survived in the past 180 days.
Compliance with the regulation should be checked with random samples.
The aim is to increase the willingness to vaccinate and to significantly reduce social contacts.
According to the dpa, the far-reaching exit restrictions are initially limited to ten days.
About two million people are affected.
Unvaccinated lockdown in Austria: leave home only for urgent reasons
Unvaccinated people are then only allowed to leave their home to go shopping for groceries or other essential goods, to go to work or training, to play sports or when they need medical help.
The lockdown still has to be approved by the main committee of the National Council - i.e. the Austrian parliament - on Sunday evening.
According to the APA news agency, a majority is considered certain there.
Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) also announced mandatory vaccinations in the health and care sector.
In Austria, the 7-day incidence of corona was most recently more than 800, among the unvaccinated, according to Schallenberg, it was even more recently 1700. The country's corona vaccination rate is below the EU average, and with 65 percent is also behind Germany .
Tightening has been in place since the beginning of November, which is also having an effect.
The number of vaccinations skyrocketed and is now back to the level of July.
Lockdown for unvaccinated people in Austria: Corona vaccination rate below EU average
The state capital Vienna will be the first region in the EU to start vaccinating children between the ages of five and eleven from Monday.
And the residents of Vienna can receive a booster vaccination just four months after their second vaccination.
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published a new assessment of the corona situation on November 12th.
Austria ranks the authority among the 13 EU countries in which it is "worrying".
Germany, Denmark, Finland and Luxembourg are also on this list.
According to the ECDC, Belgium, the Netherlands (which have had a lockdown for unvaccinated people since Saturday), Poland and the Czech Republic are considered "very worrying".
The agency pointed out that the countries with lower vaccination rates continue to be hardest hit.
(AFP / dpa / frs)
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