Stelzer to Lockdown: Bitter but necessary medicine

Upper Austria. “This lockdown is painful, but unfortunately necessary. If we want to continue to offer all our compatriots the best medical care and save our hospitals from collapse, then unfortunately tough measures are now required. I ask all country people to help stop the spread of the virus. We won’t make it without your help, ”said Upper Austria’s governor Thomas Stelzer to the federal government’s lockdown.

The measures are bitter medicine for everyone in this state, but they are simply necessary, the governor continues and emphasizes: “For us in Upper Austria, it is important that nobody looks through the fingers or is forgotten about the bridging aid.”

Closed schools “big challenge”

Stelzer himself has long spoken out in favor of keeping compulsory schools open. He sees the fact that all compulsory schools are now being converted to distance learning as a great challenge for all parents and students: “I have always spoken out in favor of keeping schools open, because it is not just a question of education, but also a social question . But due to the dramatic increase in infections, the federal government has seen no alternative to it. In any case, it is important that all parents and children who need it are provided with sufficient care in the schools. “

Stelzer appeals once again: “I ask everyone for their help and solidarity. We will only be able to get through the crisis together. It is up to us whether everyone in our country continues to receive medical help when they need it. “

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