The new Austrian government under Chancellor Schallenberg has announced a possible lockdown only for unvaccinated people.
But there are not only practical questions.
Vienna - While the Bavarian government is still advising whether the corona rules should be tightened, there is already a tangible dispute in neighboring Austria over threatened curfews for unvaccinated people (which the Free State has excluded).
“The next step in the division of society is taken just with the announcement of a possible unvaccinated lockdown,” comments the Austrian newspaper
Der Standard
.
"After all, this would require a strict separation of
those who have been
vaccinated and
those who have
not been vaccinated in everyday life," notes the Viennese
Die Presse
and asks: Who should control this?
“We don't,” the Vienna police union has now announced.
This is reported by the portal
oesterreich.at
.
According to his information, however, the Ministry of the Interior sees the health authorities "working out the necessary concepts" and is certain: "The police will support them with random checks."
Corona: 5-step plan in Austria causes irritation
The threat of a lockdown for unvaccinated people is intended to increase willingness to vaccinate. If there are 600 or more intensive care beds occupied by Covid patients, according to the new 5-step plan of the Austrian government, this group is no longer allowed to take to the streets without good reason. If more than 500 intensive care beds are occupied, she is prohibited from visiting bars, cultural and sporting events and using hotels. There are still too many "hesitants and procrastinators," said Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg on Friday with a view to vaccination skeptics.
According to its own information,
oesterreich.at
asked the responsible ministries open questions, but has so far received little feedback.
One question was directed at unvaccinated teachers in level 4 or 5. According to the Ministry of Health, they should continue to teach.
The reason was that schools always had their own rules.
Austria: Experts consider “unvaccinated lockdown” to be conceivable
According to information from
oesterreich.at
, lawyers have already brought four constitutional
lawsuits
against the threatened lockdown of the unvaccinated.
However, the interviewed constitutional lawyer Heinz Mayer quotes the portal with the assessment that the planned new corona rules could well hold: "It depends on how you justify these measures and whether they are justified." and prevent overcrowding in intensive care units - and experts have confirmed this - then they are conceivable.
The right-wing FPÖ, which is also fueling vaccine skepticism in Austria, sharply criticized the project.
The liberal Neos said the government had held on for too long that corona tests were available free of charge.
The corona vaccinations had recently weakened extremely in the country.
On some days only a few thousand doses were injected.
In the most recent state election, the new vaccination critics party MFG (People, Freedom, Fundamental Rights) immediately reached six percent.
(frs with material from dpa)