Austria shuts down winter tourism and places quarantines for those returning from abroad

According to the report, ski elevators will be in effect for residents, but restaurants and hotels will remain closed. The country thus wants to avoid spreading the coronary infection. In Austria, the lifts are considered transport tools and will operate only as such.

Therefore, it should be noted that the Austrian dream of the white <x0v” is over during Christmas. In recent days, the government and regional authorities had promised to resume tourism in time for the <x2VWs”, despite pressure from Italy, France and Germany for a joint European ski stop during holidays.

However, Austria is still in total deadlock, and during the weekend the buffer tests will begin to take effect in several regions of the country and then should extend throughout the entire population by the end of the year.

But the road is long and the data on infections is still very high, according to Health Minister Rudolf Anschober. Despite the isolation, there were, in fact, 3,033 new cases yesterday, bringing the total to almost 55,000 infected.

According to media reports, the government is also preparing a “hit” for those returning from travel abroad. Those who return from a country with an incident of over 100 cases of Covid per 100,000 inhabitants will have to stay in quarantine for ten days, while until now it was enough to present a negative test, Covid, no less than 72 hours.

To cut the isolation, the buffer can take place in five days. There's no work permit for quarantine, that is. an employee will have to take a vacation for this occasion.