In the Spanish Hall, Schützenhöfer Platter handed over the relay with the words: “Do it well, you will do it well. Good luck!” Platter is “someone who tackles, and we need that now,” said the Styrian. The countries had the pandemic “with combined forces relatively well under control”. Nevertheless – the pandemic is by no means over, he urged caution.
Platter again emphasized that a vaccination coverage of 70 percent was important. “The appeal to vaccinate is essential from my point of view,” he said. The pandemic fight will occupy his chairmanship in the next six months. He also announced that financial matters will also play a role. After all, the federal government still owes the states corona costs, which they had advanced. “There is still a lot to be done here,” he said. The Tyrolean head of state also referred again to the “blackout exercise” planned by the federal and state governments in November.
