Corona numbers are exploding in the Austrian federal states of Salzburg and Upper Austria. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg no longer rules out a lockdown for unvaccinated people. The news ticker.
Update from November 10th, 6.40 p.m.: The Salzburg Governor Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP) has meanwhile commented on any corona measures in his state.
“Four areas must be left open for vaccinated people: These are: education, retail, catering and the hotel industry. I am against a lockdown, ”said the 65-year-old in a statement. The FFP2 mask requirement, on the other hand, is being expanded again both in Salzburg and in neighboring Upper Austria.
Corona in Upper Austria and Salzburg: Chancellor Schallenberg does not rule out “lockdown for unvaccinated people”
Update from November 10th, 5.45 p.m.: The results of the crisis summit between Vienna (federal government), Salzburg (state) and Linz (Upper Austria) are there. Federal Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg of the ÖVP announces this personally.
“If the situation does not change, there will be a lockdown for the unvaccinated ,” explains the head of government and Kurz’s successor. Schallenberg, on the other hand, rules out a lockdown for vaccinated people . “I don’t see a lockdown for vaccinated people,” he says. But that’s not all: The Austrian Chancellor is also for the first time in favor of compulsory vaccination in the various health professions . This does not yet exist in the Alpine republic, in contrast to France and Greece, for example.
There should be a second crisis summit on Friday – after previous discussions with experts. With 11,398 new corona infections reported, a new all-time high in cases in the pandemic was reached on Wednesday. The situation in Upper Austria and Salzburg is particularly serious. Both federal states with a total of more than two million inhabitants border the southeast of Bavaria.
Corona in Upper Austria and Salzburg: Lockdown scenario is under discussion
Update from November 10th, 5:05 p.m .: According to the Austrian media, a statement from Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) is expected at 5:15 p.m. Shortly afterwards, the Salzburg Governor Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP) will also speak about the results of the crisis summit.
Update from November 10, 4:45 p.m.: Is there a lockdown for more than half a million people in the Austrian state of Salzburg due to Corona? A video summit has been running since 4.30 p.m. with Federal Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) and Governors of Salzburg and Upper Austria, Wilfried Haslauer and Thomas Stelzer (both ÖVP).
The Salzburger Nachrichten confronted Haslauer around 2.30 p.m. with the question of whether a lockdown was to be expected again. “I dont know. I now have to go to a video conference with the Federal Chancellor and then to one with the Minister of Health, ”replied the Governor.
Corona in Upper Austria and Salzburg: the number of infections skyrockets
First report from November 10th: Munich / Salzburg – The Bavarian Freilassing (around 15,000 inhabitants) and the inner city of the Austrian Salzburg with its 150,000 inhabitants are just eight kilometers apart. While Bavaria and Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) called the coronavirus pandemic again on this Wednesday (November 10), the alarm bells are ringing on the Salzach.
Because: The 7-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants in the state of Salzburg (almost 550,000 inhabitants) was 933 at the same time. That means: The corona infection numbers are also skyrocketing in Austria and here in particular on the northern edge of the Alps. How in many places. Federal Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) therefore called a crisis summit by video call with Governor Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP), which the Governor of Upper Austria, Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP), will also take part in this Wednesday afternoon.
Corona in Upper Austria and Salzburg: Crisis summit with Federal Minister of Health Mückstein
Because: In the more northerly Austrian federal state, which borders Upper Bavaria and Lower Bavaria, the 7-day incidence * was even at a very high 1,173.5. “It is clear that we have to act quickly, decisively and comprehensively,” said Mückstein, according to the news portal oe24.at : “We have to take the situation very seriously. The number of infections is increasing rapidly. The solution lies before us, that is vaccination. “
In the video: Corona numbers in Austria continue to be very high
On Wednesday, 11,398 new corona cases * were reported in the Alpine republic, the situation in the intensive care units was tense, it said. Striking: Regarding a possible lockdown * for everyone, Mückstein said, according to the report: “We have all learned that nothing can be ruled out in a pandemic.”
Follow the corona development in Bavaria’s neighbors in Upper Austria and Salzburg here in the news ticker. (pm) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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