Corona: The situation in Austria is becoming more and more dramatic – the complete “blockade” is apparently imminent

Update from November 13, 15:22: On Friday, Austrian authorities reported a new high in the number of new corona infections. Overall it was 9,568 new cases from Thursday to Friday. Currently there are 3,922 people in hospital treatment, thereof 567 above The intensive care unit.

The number of New infections for the respective Federal states at first sight:

Corona in Austria: the situation is becoming more and more dramatic

First report from 13 November: Vienna – Thursday in Austria again a new one Record value in the number of Crown*– New infections reached up. With late registrations the previous days were 9,262 new cases reported within one day. The weekly average is expected to exceed 7,000 daily infections and therefore the capabilities of the near future Hospitals exceed. About half of the available Intensive in Austria It is already taken. Experts and hospital staff have expressed concern about the situation.

Crown in Austria: an expert describes the situation in hospitals

Dr. Günter Weiss is an infectious disease specialist and director of internal medicine at the Innsbruck University Hospital. Thursday featured in the television program ZiB2how critical the situation is Austria Hospitals is already. “I assume that in two weeks the number will not double, but it will be considerably higher,” the expert warned.

In Tirol they are already 60 percent of Intensive busy. Besides, that too Personal a problem. “We haven’t done anything else for eight months and people are bleeding somehow in the truest sense of the word. Employees get tired because they are always dealing with this topic, they don’t think about anything else for 24 hours, ”he explained Weiss. He appealed to the population that Coronavirus * take serious.

Crown in Austria: Clinic staff report on Facebook with appeal

The workforce of the Clinic in Freistadt in Oberösterreich I met one on Facebook Appeal aimed at the population. In their speech they make it clear that the situation is serious. The Hospital staff he asks Help: “We at Klinikum Freistadt ask urgently! ALL HELP! There are also four attached images showing the staff they care for Intensivpatienten to demonstrate. “If the virus continues to spread so rapidly and the number of Covid patients coming to hospital at the same time increases steadily, the health system will reach its limits,” hospital staff warns.

Corona in Austria: “Hard lockdown” should arrive

On the weekend a Austria about a “harten Lockdown“To be negotiated, as reported by various media. This would also mean a partial closure for the negotiation and again Exit restrictions it also means during the day. The effects of taking earlier activities do not press the Infection numbers Bass. “The impact is currently very, very low. We hoped the measures would have a stronger effect, “he said Niki Popper, who is a member of the Ministry of Health’s forecasting team oe24.at. A decision should therefore be made on the basis of today’s data.

Peter Klimek is a physicist and also a member of Crown*-Prognoseteams. The Kronen Newspaper explained that chaos in late registrations draws conclusions about the effectiveness the activities make it difficult. “Right now, when we have to assess whether further measures are needed, it is impossible to say whether existing ones are working,” he said Klimek. However, it is clear: “We can rule out that the number of cases will drop dramatically. The goal must be to lower it: the only tool we know is the block. ” (ph) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital publishing network

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