Upper Austria will also present its opening plans on Thursday afternoon. In Vorarlberg there are still talks about the modalities in gastronomy.
On Thursday afternoon, the two federal states of Carinthia and Upper Austria, which are still in default, announced their plans to end the lockdown and the associated opening steps. Before that, consultations with experts took place in the federal states.
In Carinthia On Monday, all areas of retail and the event and leisure industry will open with the 2G rule. This is the result of the deliberations of the Corona coordination committee that met on Thursday morning. As in Styria, Lower Austria and Salzburg, however, restaurants and accommodation providers are closed longer than the federal government stipulates: they are not scheduled to open until December 17th.
Details about Upper Austria open
In Oberösterreich should it only start then. Upper Austria’s governor Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) had declared in November, before the Austria-wide lockdown was announced, that Upper Austria would lock up for four weeks until December 17th. He is sticking to this even after the nationwide lockdown end on December 11th, which was announced on Wednesday.
For the time being, it was still unclear whether December 17th would be the last day of closing or the first day of opening. However, everything indicated that the unlocking could take place on December 17th. The governor will tell you exactly who will be in the afternoon. After the talks with social partners, the association of cities and municipalities as well as health experts and the simulation researcher Niki Popper, Stelzer wants to present the exact timetable.
Vorarlberg is still discussing modalities
In Vorarlberg, where the large-scale opening is to begin on December 12th, the accompanying provisions for gastronomy were not yet final on Thursday morning. The office of Governor Markus Wallner (ÖVP) confirmed a corresponding Ö1 report. There could also be restrictions with regard to the number of visitors to events. A decision should be made on Thursday.
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