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(Act. May 29, 2020 4:07 PM)
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Coronavirus: Masks are mandatory from June 15th.
© APA / AFP / ALEX HALADA
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The Federal Government announced further easing of the corona measures on Friday. From June 15, the public will be required to wear mouth and nose protection. The curfew in the catering trade will be extended from 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., the four-person limit will drop.
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) announced this in a press conference.
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Mask requirement will be relaxed from June 15th
Masks should then only be worn in public transport, in the health sector, including pharmacies, and in services where the minimum distance of one meter cannot be maintained. Kurz mentioned hairdressers or employees in the catering industry as examples. Wearing mouth-nose protection in schools, for example, is then no longer mandatory.
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The quarantine obligation upon entry also falls from June 15th
Austria will not only open the border to some of its neighboring countries in mid-June. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) said in a press conference on Friday that a return journey from other countries with which appropriate agreements have been made will be possible without a 14-day quarantine.
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Agreements already exist with Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. There should be a complete border opening without controls from mid-June. Kurz was in good talks with neighboring countries. Almost all of them already have agreed solutions. He stressed that the situation in Italy was the most difficult. However, efforts are being made to find solutions promptly. “We won’t be able to disclose details before Wednesday,” said Kurz.
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The Federal Government’s easing measures
Another big easing step is
takes place on Friday. Hotels, pensions, campsites and
Refuges, cable cars, lifts and excursion boating were allowed
to open. The reopened gyms were at least evident in Vienna
well utilized. The start of the outdoor pool season was cooler
Temperatures are moderate, but thermal baths also had the first
Opening day after the lockdown. First cultural events may take place
and the Vienna Prater has opened again. Hygiene regulations must be observed everywhere.
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The hotel will open in waves until the end of June, with around half of the around 16,000 businesses opening at the start. But this year the Austrians are planning more with a home vacation. According to a still ongoing online survey by the Economic Research Institute (Wifo) and the Austrian Hotel Association (ÖHV), 40 percent would book their vacation in Austria with unlimited travel options in Europe, almost 22 percent would book one in Austria and other European countries, only 16 percent exclusively abroad .
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Coronavirus diseases in Austria on Friday
According to the Interior Ministry, just over 100 were still on Friday (at 9:30 a.m.) Corona sufferers in hospital treatment. Of the 103 affected, 25 were in intensive care units. The number of people with active illness also fell. To date, 668 people have died of or have Covid 19 disease. With regard to the corona clusters in Vienna and Lower Austria, it was known that the infected employees of the post centers in Hagenbrunn and Inzersdorf caused infections in around 50 families.
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In the discussion about one
possible second corona wave it holds in Germany the well-known
Virologist Christian Drosten for possible that the country is such
is spared. Science now has a better understanding of the
Infection events. “Now we know the virus better, we know
better how it spreads. “This happens to a few
Superspreader, so infected, for many infections
are responsible. Such an infection can be done better
control as a uniform spread.
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The Bonn man
Virologist Hendrik Streeck sees the situation similarly. He suspects it
always give local outbreaks. “But I don’t think that
we will see a second wave that literally floods us and
For Streeck, the ban on major events on
probably brought something. In the vaccine search, he doubts one
soon success. One has to be prepared for the possibility that
no one will be found.
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