Up to and including November 14th, there is a transition period: All those without 3 g proof must be carried throughout an FFP2 mask until then.
From November 1st, the 3G rule will come into force at the workplace.Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) announced on Wednesday after the Council of Ministers.If physical contact with other people cannot be excluded at the respective place of work, vaccination, recovery or test proof will be required in the future.Up to and including November 14th, a transition period applies: All those without 3G proof must have to be carried throughout until then.
According to the 3G proof (which is still to be prescribed in the next few days), 3G proof is mandatory for all those who come into contact with other people in their everyday work-for example in the office or in the canteen.For example, truck drivers who sit alone in their vehicle are not affected.The regulations for employees in the health and care sector are also adapted: This work location can only be entered if there is a corresponding 3G detection.The 3G obligation also comes for top athletes.Both sides - both employers and employees - are responsible for compliance with the measure.
Mückstein: "Another protection network against the virus"
Health Minister Mückstein spoke of another "protection network against the Corona virus"."It may not be the case that you may have to expose yourself to the risk of a Corona infection at the location of the work," he said to the press foyer at the government meeting together with Labor Minister Martin Kocher (ÖVP).Kocher was delighted with a "practical message", the ensure that the "protection of people" is ensured.
With regard to the general mask requirement that has already existed so far, it applies from November 1 that employees are released from the mask obligation by providing 3G proof.For example, employees in supermarkets with 3G detection no longer have to wear a mask.For customers, the FFP2 mask obligation in places to cover necessary basic needs (e.g. supermarkets, pharmacies, public transport) remains.In other customer areas (e.g. non-lifelong trade, travel agencies, museums), either 3G detection must be provided or an FFP2 mask.
Furthermore, the FFP2 mask (in addition to 3G detection) for employees in old people's and nursing homes as well as in hospitals is mandatory.The same applies to visitors in these facilities.Furthermore, there is no mask requirement in all "3G settings" already known to date - for example in gastronomy, in accommodation companies, theaters or at hairdressers and events.
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Penalties for employees and employers
Both employers and employees are responsible for compliance with the measure;The respective employers primarily responsible for the controls.It is not intended that there should be complete controls when entering, but samples, stammered.In the event of violations, according to the COVID measures law: up to 500 euros for employees, up to 3600 euros for employees.
Mückstein hopes - with a view to the experiences of other countries with 3G rules in the workplace (such as Italy or Slovenia) - that the vaccination rate increases as a result of this measure;The 70 percent mark was currently exceeded in the vaccinable population.The minister also emphasized that at 3G at the workplace it was about "fairness": Many of the rules introduced in the period of pandemic had particularly affected the leisure area.It should now be drawn to the time and also implement the proven 3G regulation in the work sector.
The minister also referred to the children, for whom it has long been part of everyday life, to have to provide a test (or vaccination certificate) for school attendance.Asked about his expectation regarding the approval of vaccination for sub-twelve-year-olds, Mückstein remained in his previous statements: The approval by the EU drug agency EMA (for 5 to 11 year olds) was to be expected at the end of November, and it would then be about around in Austriagive approval one or two weeks later."I expect the first to be vaccinated this year."
Like Kocher, the Minister of Health addressed all Austrians an "haunting appeal" to the population to ensure their immunization: "Please get your Corona protection vaccination if you don't have it yet."He also reminded that the second and third stitch should be given."Now every vaccination counts, only together we create the way out of this pandemic."Asked whether there is a "hard winter" in front of the door in view of the recently increasing number of new infection, Mückstein said that this would "get to all of us".It is important to comply with the rules.
Ordinance probably issued at the end of the week
The regulation of 3G at the workplace is expected to be released only on Friday or Saturday - according to the necessary decision of the fundamental law in the Federal Council on Thursday and the announcement of the subsequent regulation, the Ministry of Health said to the APA.The SPÖ initially wanted to delay this, but has withdrawn its blockade threat because its wish was fulfilled that operational tests remain free after the end of October.
The 3rd Corona Measurement Ordinance also fixes the rules for winter tourism, which the government already presented on September 20.From November 15th, 3G proof of the use of cable car companies must be provided, rules apply to guests of après-Ski companies analogously to the night catering.Basically, the Corona protective measures for the coming winter season are based on the step plan, which is developed together with the federal states and thus on the utilization of intensive care capacities, the government said.
Satisfied with the now final rules for the winter season, Tyrol's governor Günther Platter (ÖVP), currently also chairman of the Governor's Conference, was satisfied.Security is the "heart" of the winter season.This security is guaranteed with the "strict winter rules"."Especially when skiing, the FFP2 mask requirement in closed or coverable areas of the cable cars and the linking of the ticket sale to the 3G rule are done to ensure safe winter sports for locals and guests alike," said Platter.
