In Austria
the lockdown ends on Monday for the vaccinated and recovered
, while it will continue for the no vax. Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced this. On 13 December, not only the shops will open for the immunized, but also the restaurants, hotels and Christmas markets. Anyone who gets vaccinated leaves the lockdown, Nehammer said. With the generalized lockdown - he added - "an incentive for vaccination has disappeared". The chancellor did not rule out diversifications in the laender most affected by the pandemic.
Vienna - announced Mayor Michael Ludwig - will reopen restaurants and hotels only on 20 December
.
Thus continues the strategy to isolate the no vax, by hook or by crook, to nip the spread of the Omicron variant in the bud. In Vienna, the arrival of the discovered variant in South Africa did not surprise the authorities, who had already run for cover by re-imposing the first lockdown in Europe, in the face of a devastating fourth wave, which will now continue only for the unprotected.
Furthermore, Vienna is the only case of the Old Continent to have already adopted
the vaccine obligation for all, starting from February 15th
.
And whoever escapes the imposition will have to pay a
fine of 600 euros every quarter
, which could become a super-fine of
3,600 euros a year
.
The figures are contained in the draft of the bill under discussion, which emerged on the day of the oath of the new chancellor, Karl Nehammer.