Vienna Austria further tightened coronavirus closure conditions on Saturday. In addition to grocery stores, pharmacies and drugstores, they will close all shops, schools will switch to distance learning, and attendance will be limited non-stop. The measures will take effect on Tuesday and will run until 6 December. According to the APA agency, the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced this on Saturday.
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According to Kurz, the reason for the tightening is the fact that the current restrictions have not sufficiently slowed down the spread of the covid-19 epidemic in the country. In some Länder, such as Carinthia, Vorarlberg and Upper Austria, the number of new cases continues to grow exponentially.
“While no one wants a second lockdown, a second lockdown is the only means we know for sure works,” the DPA quoted the head of government as saying. The proposed form of the intended measures leaked to some media in the morning.
In addition to most stores, personal service providers will also have to close. This applies, for example, to hairdressers, beauty salons and masseurs.
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People will be allowed to leave home throughout the day only in necessary cases, such as providing food or other basic necessities, a trip to work, caring for loved ones or health walks.
The chancellor appealed to the residents to meet with only one other person if possible. “Every social contact is too much,” he said, adding that this was the only way to “save” Christmas and Advent. After the planned end of closure, schools and shops will be the first to open, the Course promised.
On November 3, Austria ordered the closure of gastronomic establishments, tourism and canceled cultural events. The curfew has so far only been applicable from 20:00 to 06:00. However, these measures did not prevent a rapid increase in the number of infected. On Friday, the number of infected people per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days was 554.2. Due to the increasing number of hospitalized, doctors are concerned about the collapse of the Austrian healthcare system.
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