In view of the tense corona situation in the country, Viennese mayor Michael Ludwig met with experts again on Thursday. At the beginning of the afternoon he presented the result: The corona measures are being tightened again.
In concrete terms, the infection pressure must be removed from the health sector. For this reason, a continuous mask requirement in hospitals and elderly/or retirement homes is mandatory. learn about nursing homes. In the future, a maximum of three tested visitors per patient per day will be admitted.
“We have a new situation. It is the first time we have seen a wave in July,” says Ludwig. People in the health sector in particular are affected in different ways. On the one hand there are more patients, on the other hand more infected employees and the holiday period has started. “We are concerned that healthcare workers are reaching the stress threshold.”
Restart the test system, promote vaccination
Additional measures could also be taken in the near future, according to the mayor. He also noted that the test system needs to be relaunched in its entirety. He also wants to promote the fourth stitch together with the federal government.
Expansion of the vaccination offer
Vaccination offers will be widely rolled out in Vienna from mid-July. From July 18, the Karmelitergasse vaccination centers in Leopoldstadt and Gasgasse in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus will be open from Monday to Saturday. From July 25, the vaccination centers Schrödingerplatz in Donaustadt, Schöpfwerk in Meidling and Wassermanngasse in Floridsdorf will extend their vaccination times from Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Source: Krone
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