COUNTRIES REPORTING INCREASED RADIATION

Austria--Environmental officials in the province of Carinthia advise parents to keep infants indoors. Federal officials report above-normal radioactivity readings across the country but say they pose no health hazards. The VOEST-Alpine company charters a special flight to evacuate relatives of Austrian steel specialists from Shlobin, about 100 miles west of the crippled Soviet reactor.

Finland--The official radio reports radiation levels between 80 and 100 times higher than normal on the west coast but adds that this should not be cause for alarm.

Italy--Italian research stations report radioactivity has increased slightly less than twice the normal level. Health Minister Renato Altissimo says that when the nuclear cloud reaches Italy, as expected in about 4 to 5 days, the radioactivity level will increase by 10 times normal levels, but he adds that no danger will be posed.

Norway--Authorities say radiation levels were up by about 60% over normal on Tuesday but dropped on Wednesday. The Ministry of Social Affairs says there is no reason for concern.

Poland--The government reports above-normal densities of radioactive iodine in the air and bans the sale of milk from grass-fed cows. It orders all children to receive iodine solutions at schools and health clinics. The government releases no figures on radiation levels, but a professor at the Institute of Experimental Physics in Warsaw says readings are 10 to 15 times above normal.

Sweden--Radioactivity levels are declining in the south but remain high--as much as 10 times above normal--in the north. Authorities say there is no cause for alarm. However, some people in coastal areas are advised not to drink rain water, and the import of fresh meat, fish and vegetables from the Soviet Union and East Bloc countries is banned because of possible radiation contamination.

Switzerland--Authorities report 10 times the normal level of radiation in Davos and three times normal levels in Zurich. Officials say those levels are not high enough to require residents to take precautions.

West Germany--Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher calls on the Soviet Union to shut down nuclear power plants similar to the crippled Chernobyl reactor and says Soviet authorities should allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect the disaster site. The government reports abnormally high levels of radiation in West Berlin and Bavaria but adds that there is no danger. The government warns Germans against traveling to the Kiev area of the Soviet Union, and the Uhde construction company makes plans for evacuating its 100 employees from the region.