After more than two months The lockdown for unvaccinated people will formally end in Austria next Monday. Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) announced this on Wednesday. An expert panel set up by the government no longer considers this measure to be sensible.
Despite the high number of infections in the current corona wave no overloading of the intensive care capacities in the clinicsit was said. At the same time, however, the 2G rule will remain in large parts of public life, which allows unvaccinated people, for example, to shop only in shops for daily needs. People without a vaccination against Corona can leave their homes from Monday without a good reason.
Meanwhile, according to Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens), the number of new infections within 24 hours has risen to a record of more than 30,000 cases. Taking into account the number of residents, this would correspond to 270,000 cases in Germany. the seven-day incidence is in Austria in over 2000 cases per 100 000 inhabitants.
Experts expected up to 40,000 cases over the next two weeks, Nehammer said. As soon as the peak of the fifth corona wave has been reached, a decision will be made whether to withdraw the restrictive measures. The curfew in gastronomy from 10 p.m. is particularly controversial.