Around 60 percent of the new cases come from the group of 0 to 30 year olds. 1,790 of the positive tests affected students, 164 the teachers, the APA learned from the education department. That was 1.7 percent of the students and almost two percent of the teachers, it said.
The crisis management team cited carnival celebrations and the discontinuation of a large part of the protective measures as of March 5 as the reason for the high numbers. The deputy governor Christine Haberlander (ÖVP), who is responsible for health, warned against jeopardizing what has been achieved and declaring the pandemic over. “We are currently in a situation in which almost all restrictions have been lifted and the number of cases and hospitals is at a high level. Right now, every individual must be aware that with the lifting of restrictions, more than ever, people’s personal responsibility is required and the well-known hygiene and distance rules help to avoid infection,” she emphasized.
Source: Nachrichten
