Briefly expressed itself in Vienna after a video conference with counterparts from six countries that had been particularly successful in the fight against the corona virus. Among them was next to Czech Republic also Greece. When asked whether the Austrians can now hope for a holiday in the Aegean, Kurz said: “I would be very reluctant”. Rather, he brought neighboring countries again Austria, “who are well on the way” came into play and named specifically Germany and Czech Republic.
“But that will take weeks,” added Kurz, referring to the Border opening to these states and reaffirmed his call to vacation in Austria close. “I personally will be spending my summer vacation in Austria and can only recommend doing it the same way. “
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When asked if it was not dangerous to go through Border openings depending on the corona strategies of other countries, Kurz said: “You should be very careful. We are too.” You have to act “very carefully”. “You can definitely only think about opening borders with countries that are similarly low Infection number have like us. To grant freedom of travel to countries where the Infection numbers would be insane, because that immediately leads to an import of the disease from abroad, “emphasized the Chancellor.
Booked since this week Austria only a lower double-digit number of new coronavirus infections every day, yesterday Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health Added 44 confirmed cases. In Germany according to data from the US university Johns Hopkins around 2,500 on Friday New infections, in Czech Republic 55. In the Switzerland there were 228 New infections, in Italy around 2,600 in Slovenia 13, in Hungary 116 and in the Slovakia 81. The number of daily was in relation to the population size New infections thus above that in all neighboring countries Austria, the difference being Germany and Italy was particularly pronounced. Only marginally worse than Austria lay Czech Republic, by the way – with a similar population – just as many New infections showed how Greece.
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