Corona infections are exploding in the Austrian state of Salzburg. A crisis summit is meeting with Vienna. A lockdown is not ruled out – for the unvaccinated and vaccinated. The news ticker.
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
