Austria to stronglock '%s' from Tuesday

Among the record numbers of cases, Austria has announced a series of strong unblocking measures that will be implemented by Tuesday. The Austrian government has concluded that the closure of the Coronavirus on 3 November has been ineffective in preventing the spread of the virus.

In order to stem further infections, together with hospitalizations and death rates, Austria will adopt strict new measures of deadlock from Tuesday, November 17th to December 6th.

Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the difficult unblocking was necessary, as authorities cannot track 77 per cent of the new infections, which means they no longer know where the contamination is taking place.

My pressing request for the coming weeks is as follows: Don't meet anyone. Any social contact is too”, Kurz said.

The new measures include a daily curfew except for the night it is already in force. All will be required to stay home for 24 hours a day, except for a limited number of exceptions.

Going out of the house to go to the market or to the pharmacy along with visits to the doctor and religious objects will be allowed according to new arrangements.

People will be allowed to leave the house “for mental and physical relaxation”. This exception was already in place during the night's ban and was considered a dog exercise and a walk.

Travel to work and to education / school will be allowed “if they are necessary”. In addition to people in the same house, contact is limited to partners, relatives, and stewards. Paruciers, aesthetics and massage services are no longer allowed.

All leisure equipment and betting shops should be closed along with all shops selling non-helly items such as clothes. Gas stations, tobacco shops, banks, kiosks, supermarkets, pharmacies and bicycle stores may still be open.

Anyone who can work from home is forced to do so. If work from home is not possible, a distance of a meter should be maintained at any time.

Masks should be carried if social distance cannot be maintained. Only one visitor is allowed a week in the homes of elders and hospitals, and a visitor must provide evidence of a negative test PCR to enter.

Hospital visits will not be allowed if the person is accepted in less than seven days. Masks should be held during visits, and employees should be tested once a week.

Pregnant women make an exception, since they may be accompanied by a person during a birth or an examination, and two visitors are allowed.

According to the Department of Education, all schools are expected to switch to far-reaching learning. Forced gardens and schools will no longer offer lessons, but they will provide “care for” for children in need.

The country has 831 confirmed cases of one million inhabitants over the past seven days, where 10,000 new cases and 7,000 others were registered on Saturday alone Friday.

Daily cases have been developing in contrast to only about 1,000 in early October. The latest increase has put pressure on hospitals COVID-19, which currently occupy 567 out of 2,000 intensive care beds. The number of deaths from pandemic in Austria currently stands at about 1,700