Lockdown for unvaccinated, Austria decides

Lockdown for the unvaccinated, Austria decides. The government of Vienna will decide on Sunday on the possibility of imposing a national lockdown starting from Monday for those who have not been vaccinated against covid, about 35% of the population. “There must be no solidarity with the unvaccinated,” Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said. Meanwhile, the Minister of Health Wolfgang Mueckstein confirmed that on Sunday the proposal of mandatory vaccination for those working in the health sector will also be on the table. On Sunday, the federal government will meet with both state governors and the National Council committee, public broadcaster Orf reports. The Chancellor insisted on the need for measures at the national level, rejecting the hypothesis of a “general” closure for the entire population. Meanwhile, Mueckstein gives for certain the confinement of the unvaccinated in the regions of Upper Austria and in Salzburg, where the greatest number of infections is occurring.Country of almost nine million inhabitants, Austria is facing a new wave of infections that some days is around 10 thousand every 24 hours. Deaths are daily in their 20s, a figure that hasn’t been seen since May. Since the start of the pandemic, Austria has recorded 923,000 infections and 11,600 deaths from covid-19.