“The State Opera has been battling with Covid-19 for almost two years and outside of lockdowns, has not cancelled a single performance to date,” Rošcic said, explaining that the situation had become increasingly difficult over the last few weeks.

 

More than 85 percent of the opera company have had three vaccinations against Covid-19 and they also take PCR tests at least three times a week.

 

“But the working conditions, especially among the artists, playing, singing, dancing and playing music together, make complete protection impossible,” the director said.

 

 

All tickets would be refunded, the State Opera said.

 

People who have been in contact with someone who tests positive for Omicron are considered Category 1 (K1) contacts. This means that even vaccinated people who have been in contact with a person infected with Omicron need to self-isolate for ten days, although they can take a PCR test to end the quarantine early after five days if they test negative. 

 

Contacts of people with previous variants are considered Category 2 (K2) and do not have to self-isolate

 

On Saturday, Austria reported 3,608 new Covid-19 infections and 16 Covid-related deaths.