Austria goes to lockdown and introduces mandatory vaccination – SME.sk

Nov 19, 2021 at 10:35 am I Updated at 11:34

The country is tightening measures.

VIENNA. Austria after recent record numbers of infected coronavirus launches flat lockdown from Monday.

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The lockdown should last for a maximum of 20 days with a reassessment of the situation after ten days. APA and DPA reported. The measure will also apply to those who have been vaccinated against the covid, so far in the country there have been restrictions only for the unvaccinated.

It will also introduce compulsory vaccination for all people in the country from 1 February. This was announced by Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg after talks with the federal governors.

Unvaccinated people will face fines or imprisonment from February. “There has long been a consensus that we do not want vaccination to be mandatory.” said according to the ORF website Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg. “Perhaps for too long we have believed that high vaccination rates can be achieved without obligation. Now we have to face reality. “

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Austria will be the first country in Western Europe to reintroduce a complete closure this autumn in order to face a new wave of the pandemic, and it will also be the first country to order its entire population to be vaccinated.

Lockdown, according to AFP, means that people are not allowed to leave their homes, with a few exceptions, such as shopping basic needs or sports.

According to the AP agency, Austrian students will have to return to distance education. Restaurants will be closed and cultural events will be canceled.

According to the Minister of Health Wolfgang Mückstein, the government has also consulted with constitutional lawyers, and according to them, compulsory vaccination can be introduced.

The minister talks about the fourth wave of the pandemic and the only way to avoid the fifth is, according to him, vaccination.

IN Austria about 66 percent of the population is now fully vaccinated, one of the lowest figures in Western Europe.

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