More than 200 caregivers from Bulgaria and Romania arrived on charter flights in Austria, Euractive announced. The Austrian health system is highly dependant on Eastern European staff. Most of them go to Austria, stay there for several weeks and return to their home countries. The Bulgarian and Romanian caregivers will be placed under fourteen day quarantine in a local hotel. Then, they are expected to stay and work in Austria longer, not just for one month only. The Lower Austria state needs 70 healthcare workers, but more people were hired as a “security measure”. The European Commission issued guideline to the member states, in order to guarantee that the workers in key sectors will cross the borders, in order to be employed in other countries despite the restrictions taken amidst the coronavirus crisis.