Without a lockdown, the winter season in Salzburg can hardly be saved “« kleinezeitung.at
Epidemiologist Gerald Gartlehner specified after his Zib2 appearance to the Kleine Zeitung that if federal states with an extremely high incidence such as Salzburg want to save the winter season in a month, a general, regional lockdown is probably the only option.
from Michael Jungwirth | 10.45 p.m., November 5th, 2021
The epidemiologist is waiting with a surprising announcement Gerald Gartlehner when analyzing the result of the Corona crisis summit in the Chancellery in Zib2. In view of the high incidences in Upper Austria and Salzburg, he does not rule out a lockdown in these two federal states. “You can no longer rule that out.”
At the request of the Small newspaper Gartlehner stated more precisely after the broadcast: “If you want to bring the number of infections down quickly to save the winter season in a month, a general, regional lockdown would be the only option.” on, Germany from 170.
According to information from Small newspaper In the run-up to the Corona summit, a general lockdown was an option at all. Some virologists are said to have responded to the question of political leaders on how to counter the explosive increase in the number of infections, from a “purely virological point of view” a lockdown would be the most suitable measure. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg as well as minister of health Wolfgang Mückstein have rejected this idea – at least yesterday.