Austria: Chancellor Kurtz believes that normalcy will return by the summer

Convinced that there will be a return to normalcy this summer, the federal chancellor said Austrian Sebastian Kurtz during a live interview at noon, as part of his local People’s Party congress in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.

“Eight million vaccine doses will be available by the end of June,” the coming months are a challenge, but he is optimistic about the timing of the pandemic, as the harder it is now, the better.

Referring to the growing savings of the population during the pandemic and the good measures for the economy, he noted that “people want to consume, to go on vacation”, and that the old economic power will be restored, which, perhaps by the fall It can also be used to promote the ecological and social orientation of the Austrian economy – the alleviation of lower / middle incomes, but also an enhanced environmental policy.

On the issue of vaccination, the chancellor said that “at European level, there are unfortunately many that do not work properly”, but he is happy that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has confirmed the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, as “a waiver will was dramatic “, because AstraZeneca supplies one third of the vaccines in Europe.

He considers the speed of vaccinations in Austria to be “good”, where 30,000 people are currently vaccinated on a daily basis and where “the number is increasing day by day”.

The path chosen for the implementation of relaxation steps depending on the region, was, in his view, correct and “will continue”, with the aim of “providing as much freedom as possible with as few restrictions as necessary” .

As the Austrian Chancellor noted, the relatively good situation in Vorarlberg has to do with the general conditions in the Land, but also with the professionalism of the procedures there.

The opening in this state is justified by the low frequency of new cases there, and he hopes that similar steps could soon be taken in other parts of Austria, said Sebastian Kurtz.

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