New freedoms for positive people: Austria is changing corona rules from today - what holidaymakers need to know now
Created: 2022-08-02 09:47
By: Martina Lippl
Austria relaxes corona quarantine: holidaymakers need to know that about the mask requirement and entry (archive photo).
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New corona rules have been in force in Austria since August 1, 2022.
The quarantine obligation no longer applies.
Some of the new regulations are absurd.
Vienna – In Austria, the quarantine obligation will no longer apply from Monday (August 1, 2022).
The new corona rules in the Alpine republic caused discussions in advance, because with a positive corona test anything is actually possible.
Corona infected people without symptoms are allowed to leave the house and also go to work.
Even restaurant visits are possible - but under certain conditions - a so -called ten-
day traffic
restriction applies .
Corona rules in Austria: Without symptoms, there is no longer a quarantine obligation
Anyone who has been proven to be infected with Sars-CoV-2 but does not feel sick no longer has to stay at home.
However, those who test positive must wear an
FFP2 mask
– unless they are in the open air and can keep a distance of two meters from other people.
It is also possible to work with a positive test – but only in occupations in which a mask can be worn.
"Anyone who is ill stays at home," summarizes the Austrian Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens).
Anyone who has symptoms must now actively get sick leave from a doctor. So far, a so-called separation notice was sufficient in Austria.
Corona rules in Austria - This applies from August 1, 2022
FFP2 mask requirement
in the case of a
positive corona test
- is defined as a so-called traffic restriction.
This applies outdoors
:
FFP2 masks are compulsory outdoors
if
a
minimum distance of two meters from other people cannot be maintained.
For example in a busy shopping street.
This applies in the car
: FFP2 masks are also mandatory in the
car
when other people are on board and on public transport.
This applies to the workplace
: FFP2 masks should also
be worn at all times in the
workplace .
This applies to gastronomy
: a visit to a restaurant or a club is possible with a positive test.
Eating and drinking inside is prohibited for those who have tested positive.
Outside only with sufficient safety distance.
Even a visit to a disco including dancing is possible with a positive test.
Again only with FFP2 mask.
Drinking is forbidden.
This applies to swimming pools
: Infected people are allowed to go back to swimming pools – with an FFP2 mask.
If the two-meter distance can be maintained, it is also possible to remove the mask.
According to the ORF, jumping into the pool is forbidden.
Eating a meal is also forbidden.
According to
oe24.at
, masks are compulsory for infected people in the pool.
Special rules in Vienna: In Vienna, everyone on public transport must wear a mask.
Austria: Infected children are not allowed to go to kindergarten
With the new corona rules in Austria, however, there are bans on entry for corona positives in certain areas.
Vulnerable groups should be given special protection.
Hospitals, nursing homes, preschools and kindergartens are taboo for corona positives even with a mask.
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Children who have tested positive are not allowed to go to kindergarten or elementary school.
However, educators and teachers are allowed to go about their work “positively”.
According to the Austrian Ministry of Health, the so-called ten-day traffic restriction can be lifted from the fifth day.
"For this purpose, a free test using a PCR test (negative or CT value ≥30) must be carried out," says the website.
Austria vacation 2022: These are the most important Corona rules (as of August 1, 2022)
For vacationers, entry into Austria is still possible without conditions.
Transit through Austria is also permitted without restrictions.
Austria has largely lifted all corona measures.
Hotels
: Access possible without 3G pass.
Gastro
: Restaurants, bars, cafés and night restaurants can be accessed without a 3G card.
Mask requirement
: FFP2 masks are no longer compulsory in public transport, supermarkets or pharmacies.
The exception is
Vienna
: Here the FFP2 mask requirement in local public transport and also in pharmacies remains in place.
Corona situation in Austria
In Austria, the 7-day incidence is currently 648.6 (as of August 31, 2 p.m.).
In the past 24 hours, 5,714 new coronavirus infections have been recorded.
1,600 Covid-19 patients were treated in a hospital on Sunday, 88 of them in an intensive care unit.
The number of corona infected people in the clinics has increased slightly in recent weeks.
“While the reported 7-day number of cases fell in all federal states, the surface on the normal wards in all federal states increased,” says the latest Covid 19 forecast from July 26th.
In its report, the consortium states that the number of cases reported “does not accurately reflect the dynamics of the infection”.
Mask, goodbye!
France also abolishes corona rules
In France, all corona measures will be lifted on Monday (August 1st).
Only the possibility of mandatory corona tests at the national borders still remains.
Masks no longer have to be worn in hospitals and similar facilities.
Last week, however, the Ministry of Health “very urgently appealed to all French people” to continue to wear mouth and nose protection in sensitive areas.
The country had recently fought a seventh wave of corona, but the number of infections fell again last week.
Greece abolished its corona quarantine for tourists at the beginning of July.
For holidaymakers from abroad, the general five-day quarantine regulation no longer applies with immediate effect.
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