Sebastian Kurz took part in a Covid summit with President Biden in the USA on Wednesday. Central sentence: “We have to vaccinate the world.” The details.
Day three in New York – Sebastian Kurz spoke to US President Joe Biden. “The last year and a half of the pandemic have been tough for all of us,” said the Chancellor under no illusion at the outset. After thinking of the Covid dead, he spoke openly in the virtual summit with the leader of the free world which measures are now necessary. “Today” has summarized the 3-point plan. Briefly wants:
➤ Vaccinate the whole world
➤ Save lives now
➤ Come back stronger and better after the crisis
“Vaccinate the World”
Biden’s statement was still public, after which it was debated behind closed doors. It would be an honor for Austria “to perform this task together with the USA, our partners in Europe and in the rest of the world,” emphasized the Chancellor. The current most important goal, so Kurz: “Vaccinate the whole world.”
Austria will do everything humanly possible to drive the vaccination rate up now. “And we will donate vaccinations to other countries.” Two million cans have already been delivered to countries that urgently need them. Further batches for the Western Balkans are being prepared.
Kurz also emphasized to Biden: “Vaccination is the only way to defeat the virus.”
“Save Lives Now”
Austria, the Chancellor promised, will also continue to make oxygen and medical goods available to international partners. If necessary, foreign patients are offered a place in Austrian hospitals. Kurz would also like to serve with his pandemic expertise, especially with his test offer: “At the beginning of the year we administered two million tests per week in a country with a population of 9 million.”
“Come back stronger now”
In the comeback after Corona, digitization will play a central role, said the head of government. “The more we cooperate on an international level, the better.” In order to guarantee the economic upturn, it is – so briefly unequivocally – now essential to “lift trade and travel restrictions as quickly as possible”.
EMOTIONAL KANZLER CLOSING WORD: “Together we are stronger and faster.”
Sebastian Kurz then thanked Joe Biden and the United States for their “determined leadership in a terrible time”. How are things going on in Austria now? With more personal responsibility. “There will certainly no longer be a lockdown for those who have been vaccinated,” emphasized Sebastian Kurz as reported. The “Today” interview with Sebastian Kurz on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly caused a sensation. “If there are restrictions, it is for the unvaccinated to protect them.”
Kurz im Video-Talk in NYC
VdB met star doctors at the same time
The Chancellor cannot imagine compulsory vaccination: “But anyone who is not vaccinated will be infected sooner or later. That can lead to very severe courses,” he is convinced. On Wednesday, the Chancellor will meet with ex-politician Henry Kissinger. In the morning, Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen met the renowned local vaccine researcher Florian Krammer.
