- Title: 285 AT Romania caregivers more
- Date: 11th May 2020
- Description:Austria welcomes 74 Romanian caregivers on Monday who await for the COVID-19 test results to continue their journey 74 caregivers boarded the night train in Romania last night and arrived in Schwechat this morning. After arrival they are testing for COVID-19 and wait directly at the airport area in a hotel for the results. If tested negative they can continue their journey to the families who await them eagerly. About 33,000 people in Austria are dependent on the help of 24h-caregivers. Further special trains to and from Romania are therefore planned. Shotlist - Romanian caregivers walking from railway station to hotel - indication for COVID-19 test station - SOUNDBITE(German) Karoline Edtstadler, AT minister for European affairs: “The train gives us the possibility to respect all relevant health measures, that’s why I am very glad that now the first train is arriving which also gives the opportunity to travel back home to those carers who have now been in Austria for so many weeks without the possibility to return to their home country.” - SOUNDBITE(German) Michaela Huber, manager Austrian Federal Railways passenger traffic: “The railways are a very complex system, several adjustments have to be done on different levels. In this very special time this was a quite intensive procedure to make this train happen. And I am now very happy that we were able to send our premium model to Romania, the night jet, so that we could offer all commodity to the caregivers and nurses.”
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:11/05/2020
- Decade: 2020s