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Austria goes into national lockdown Tuesday as Covid-19 cases rise
2020-11-15
[France24] Austria will introduce a national lockdown on Tuesday in a bid to bring its soaring coronavirus infections under control, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Saturday.

Non-essential shops will close and the current curfew from 8pm to 6am will be expanded into an all-day requirement to stay at home, with specific exceptions such as shopping for essentials or exercise, Kurz said. People should work from home wherever possible, he added.

The lockdown is due to last almost three weeks, with the last day set for December 6.

The Austrian government had so far used a lighter touch in dealing with the second wave of coronavirus cases than the first.

A nighttime curfew this month failed to stop infections from accelerating. Daily new cases hit a record of 9,586 on Friday, nine times higher than at the first wave's peak.
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  Undoubtedly a huge acceleration of new cases. But has there been a commensurate acceleration of new tests? Has/will hospitalization/fatality increases followed? Is there a 'cause?' Increased social gathering? Decreased masking? Or maybe decreased vitamin D as sunlight fades into winter? It all seems over-simplified.
Posted by: Glenmore   2020-11-15 15:53  

#2  The article at the link does not say whether the rate of severe infections needing hospitalization has inceased commensurately, European Conservative, or discussed how much improved treatment techniques have impacted that key metric.

On the other hand, with the population shut down, there is little for an overexcited jihadi to attack, which is no doubt why there haven’t been copycats of Vienna‘s Nine Minute Wonder.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-11-15 12:54  

#1  1 in 1000 people get infected in Austria DAILY (more than 9000 on Friday, pop. 9 million.

This would be like Germany adding 83,000 cases per day, or the U.S. 335,000 per day.
Posted by: European Conservative   2020-11-15 11:24  

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