January 4th, the Austrian Ministry of Health, An Schaubert, said that after many discussions, the Austrian government decided to extend the third “lockdown” measure until January 24.
Previously, all restaurants, bars and non-essential retail stores in the country were originally scheduled to resume normal business after January 17, but now they will reopen after an extension of one week.
According to the Austrian newspaper News, the Austrian Trade Association said on the 4th that the sales of the country will be reduced by about 1 billion euros (about 7.93 billion yuan) from January 17 to January 24 alone.
Sales of Austrian retailers have been reduced by about 4 billion euros due to the third blockade.
It is reported that Austria’s third “lockdown” measure will be implemented from December 18, 2020.
Austria has adopted a full-day curfew, and residents are prohibited from going out in non-essential circumstances.
People who originally planned to test negative for COVID-19 will observe the full-day curfew until January 17; people who do not participate in the test are required to observe the full-day curfew until January 24, while they must wear FFP2-grade masks to enter and leave public places or work. =
Although plans to end the blockade measures early failed to materialize, Austria’s second round of large-scale coronavirus testing was still launched in Vienna on Friday (8th).
