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https://ooe.orf.at/stories/3095510/ “CoV: Haimbuchner auf Intensivstation”

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Upper Austria’s deputy governor and FPÖ provincial party leader Manfred Haimbuchner is undergoing intensive medical treatment for his coronavirus illness.
Online since today, 9.04 a.m. (Update: 11.06 a.m.)
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On Thursday, the 42-year-old had gone to the Linz Kepler University Hospital on the advice of his doctor. In the evening, he was transferred to the intensive care unit, the FP Upper Austria said in a statement on Friday. He is currently being artificially respirated.

Furthermore, the statement said that Haimbuchner’s state of health is stable. But: “According to current knowledge, the intensive medical treatment will still extend over several days”. On Thursday of the previous week, the deputy governor had tested positive. Initially, he showed only mild symptoms. Haimbuchner assumed that he had most likely been infected “in the course of political activities in the Linz provincial parliament.”
Rabl and Steinkellner represent Haimbuchner

The party business takes over until further notice the mayor of Wels and Landesparteiobmann-Stv. Andreas Rabl. In the federal state government until further notice Landesrat Günther Steinkellner will take over the official business of Haimbuchner. A suitable resolution takes place on coming Monday in the meeting of the federal state government, which announced the libertarians Friday noon.
Stelzer: Wishes rapid recovery

Governor Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP) was concerned about the fact that his government colleague and deputy must be meanwhile intensively medically cared for and artificially ventilated. “I wish Manfred Haimbuchner a speedy, complete recovery and his family much strength and confidence in this difficult time. In any case, he is in the best hands at Kepler University Hospital,” Stelzer said Friday afternoon in a statement.
Fuss about baby shower

Haimbuchner’s visit to a suspected baby shower in his home community of Steinhaus near Wels, two days before his positive CoV test, had caused quite a stir. Up to 30 people are said to have been present at the party. According to the provincial crisis staff, this did not result in a CoV cluster, at least in the municipality of Steinhaus bei Wels, for the time being. According to district chief Elisabeth Schwetz, it was learned of the meeting in the garage through the contact person management starting from the infected Haimbuchner.

So far, contact persons have been tested negatively, it was said on Thursday in response to a request from Radio Oberösterreich. The district administration Wels country initiated an examination of this presumed baby party.

Haimbuchner is currently not the only FPÖ politician who has been infected. However, the infections of state councilor Günther Steinkellner and club director Ferdinand Watschinger were not detected by testing at the same time. Watschinger had fallen ill earlier and at the same time as the provincial director of the ÖVP, Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer, the FPÖ said in a statement.

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