Vienna’s City Councilor for Health, Peter Hacker, speaks about the possible end of the lockdown on December 13th and the need for the announced mandatory vaccination from February next year. He also explains why he does not rule out school closings in Vienna.
As soon as the lockdown in Vienna ends, whether as announced on December 13th or later, there will be no going back to everyday life for the time being, says Vienna’s City Councilor for Health, Peter Hacker (SPÖ), in the “press” interview -G-plus completely replace the 2-G rule, i.e. compulsory tests also apply to vaccinated and convalescent people in the catering and hotel industry as well as in the cultural and sports sectors. As for the closure of schools, he advocates regional decisions. In In any case, Vienna could not rule out schools being closed next week. Interview with Peter Hacker:
The press: I’m not going to ask you now if the lockdown will end on December 13th as announced, because how should you know? But please explain to me what criteria will be used to make this decision. It cannot be the occupancy of the intensive care beds, relaxation in such a short time is impossible. Neither does the number of new infections, after all, due to the closure of shops and restaurants and the move to the home office, many mandatory tests as part of the 3-G rule are no longer applicable, so the current numbers cannot be one-to-one with those from the weeks before Lockdown to be faced. Even the positive rate of the tests is not particularly meaningful because we do not know who is being tested constantly.