The federal and state governments discussed an end to the quarantine for people infected with corona on Monday afternoon. A final decision is expected on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers, but that will probably never come to an end. And that is now receiving enormous criticism from the health minister – including from his own wife, Vorarlberg SPÖ boss Gabriele Sprickler-Falschlunger.
“An end to the quarantine in view of the autumn wave that is imminent and the already high summer figures is certainly the wrong decision by Health Minister Rauch. The number of infections, which is already high, will rise sharply again as a result of people returning from vacation and the start of school,” said the wife of the Minister of Health in a press release.
Much criticism from the ranks of the SPÖ
with their criticism Sprickler-Falselung is not alone – especially in the SPÖ-administered states, the actions of the government are causing major problems: for example, the mayor of Vienna Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) said: “I see the initiative of the federal government as a step in the wrong direction direction.” People should prepare much more for the autumn wave, because the number of infections is not leveling off. “We assume that we can expect another wave in the fall,” Ludwig said angrily. The city of Vienna is based on the recommendations of the WHO and is against leaving the quarantine, but will “take note” of the decision.
There was also little enthusiasm from Burgenland and Carinthia: now the regulation must be introduced “contrary to some concerns from experts and states and despite the increasing number of infections,” said Carinthia’s governor Peter Kaiser. It is a “change of strategy, for the consequences of which the federal government must take full responsibility”, for example if there are problems with the reintroduction of measures such as contact tracing in the autumn due to a new corona wave or dangerous virus variants, Keizer continues.
Source: Krone
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