The Austrian Chancellor announced the start of the second wave of coronavirus.
“What is happening now is the beginning of the second wave. The number of cases is increasing daily, ” he said.
According to the Austrian leader, two weeks ago, about 350 new cases of coronavirus per day were recorded in the country, but on September 12 there are already more than 850. At the same time, about 50% of all new infections in Austria were detected in Vienna.
In total, more than 33.1 thousand cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Austria since the beginning of the pandemic, and 756 infected have died.
We will remind, the other day the Austrian authorities returned the mandatory wearing of masks in shops and schools.