On Sunday, he said to such demands put forward by the Vienna City Councilor for Health Peter Hacker (SPÖ) that this discussion was coming “too early”. In the ORF “ZiB” on Tuesday, Mückstein said that such a “1G” rule would be conceivable for him from October.
“I believe that before an increasingly precarious epidemiological situation in autumn we have to talk about 1G – and I can certainly imagine that in October,” said the minister on ORF. But first everyone must have had the opportunity to get vaccinated, the report said.
The debate on Sunday was initiated by Vienna City Councilor for Health Peter Hacker (SPÖ), who proposed bans on entry for unvaccinated people, for example in leisure and sports facilities. While support came from the Medical Association on Monday, the other federal states were in favor of a nationwide solution. Hacker’s office specified at the beginning of the week that his push for “1G” also involves catering establishments.
On Tuesday it said from Vienna that before deciding on any stricter corona measures in the federal capital, they wanted to wait for the new federal regulations that are due in September at the latest. As a spokesman for City Councilor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) said of the APA, you will then speak to experts and then decide on any stricter rules.
According to the “Opening Ordinance”, which is still in force until the end of August, the “3G rule” applies to restaurants and leisure facilities. Only those who have been vaccinated, recovered or tested may be admitted. Several federal states have spoken out in favor of admitting only those who have been completely vaccinated, at least in after-dinner dining – such as discos. Vienna wants the same for restaurants and refers to corresponding requests from the industry.
“Room for improvement” in self-discipline
For the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, a local ban for unvaccinated people would come too early, as Section Chairman Peter Dobcak said on request. In particular, he calls for an information campaign in migrant languages from the federal and state governments before the measures are tightened. Otherwise hundreds of bars would suddenly stand empty – with correspondingly “dramatic consequences” for the economic situation of the landlords. The chairman of the specialist group also criticizes the many hosts who are already in default with the control of the 3G status: “We have members who do not control at all and where the guests have not been tested by the bank.” There is still room for improvement in self-discipline.
Like Vienna, Styria had recently spoken out in favor of tightening access restrictions in night-time gastronomy as well as for leisure and cultural events. A compulsory vaccination for the entire gastronomy has not been an issue so far, it said on Tuesday in the office of Governor Hermann Schützenhöfer (ÖVP). In the “Kurier” (Wednesday edition) the head of the country called for a “dialogue” from the federal government and warned that one had to be careful that it was “not too late” for measures.
The Minister responsible for tourism, Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP), did not want to comment on the Vienna advance on Tuesday. Your spokesman referred to the ongoing talks about the new opening regulation. Gastronomy plays just as much a role there as tourism as a whole.
The FPÖ clearly argued against further tightening despite the renewed increase in the number of infections. The Viennese regional party leader Dominik Nepp spoke of “confinement fantasies” and said “that people who do not get vaccinated also have the right to participate in social life”.
