- Title: 307 AT COVID-19 Kurz tourism
- Date: 21st May 2020
- Description:Employees in Austria's tourism and hospitality sectors to be tested for COVID-19 Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Thursday during a press conference in Vienna that people from "safe countries" will be able to come for holidays to Austria. Kurz pledged to invest in testing capacities and "to test as many and as regularly as possible employees who work on the guest sector". However, he warned that "under no circumstances" Austria would open borders "to countries that have not yet got the situation under control". Shotlist - Tracking shot of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Tourism Minister Elisabeth Koestinger and Harald Mahrer from Chamber of Commerce entering room with face masks - SOUNDBITE (German) Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Chancellor: I am glad that this summer we will be able to offer our Austrian guests, but also all guests from other safe countries, such as Germany, maximum safety and at the same time maximum enjoyment during their holidays. - Zoom out from a presser - SOUNDBITE (German) Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Chancellor: We will invest a great deal as the Republic of Austria in order to have high testing capacities and to test as many and as regularly as possible employees who work on the guest sector. - WS of a presser - SOUNDBITE (German) Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Chancellor: We will do everything possible to ensure that we do not endanger our health and that infection rates remain low. Under no circumstances will we open our borders to countries that have not yet got the situation under control. 01:33 - SOUNDBITE (German) Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Chancellor: In which country in the world people will be able to go on holidays and say: The employees with whom we have contact, such as the waiters, are regularly tested. In which country of the world will you be able to say that this summer? There will only be very few countries! - Zoom out from presser ending, Kurz and colleagues leaving
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:21/05/2020
- Decade: 2020s