Austria reintroduces mask requirement indoors
In Austria, the incidence value is almost twice as high as in Germany. Now the government in Vienna has reintroduced protective measures – and wants to relax some for nursing staff.
Almost two weeks after the lifting of numerous corona protection measures, Austria is tightening the reins again in view of the sharp increase in the number of infections. From the middle of next week, FFP2 masks will have to be worn in public interiors again, as Health Minister Johannes Rauch announced on Friday evening.
The seven-day incidence in Austria was 3,600. For Germany, the Robert Koch Institute named an incidence of 1,706 on Friday.
Because more and more nursing staff are becoming infected and the shortage of staff in hospitals and nursing facilities is becoming increasingly acute, the quarantine rules are to be relaxed. Anyone who has tested positive for the corona virus currently has to stay at home for five days and is not allowed to leave the apartment or house. According to Rauch, it is being considered whether employees in hospitals and other health facilities should work with a mask under certain conditions or whether the quarantine period should be extended. A regulation was drawn up over the weekend for this purpose.