Coronavirus The Austrian government has adopted additional measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. These include:
A ban on Italian nationals entering the country and border checks at the Brenner Pass, the main commercial route between Italy and Germany
Starting next week, schools and universities will remain closed until at least 14 April
Restaurants, cafes and bars will only be open until 3pm, whereas several municipalities in Tyrol and Carinthia have now been put under lockdown
Austria has now 602 confirmed cases. Elsewhere: The new ORF – series Freud will be released on Netflix on 15th March 2020. The Netflix production of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation follows young Sigmund Freud (played by Robert Finster) as he navigates the dark side of fin-de-siècle Vienna. Directed by Marvin Kren. Celebrations for the 2020 Beethoven Year (Beethovenjahr 2020) are taking place at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien with concerts, exhibitions, performances and events dedicated to the theatre’s former in-house composer (Feb-May 2020)
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