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Only for urgent reasons on the street: Austria decides to lockdown for unvaccinated people from tomorrow

2021-11-14T12:50:46.855Z


"3G" or "2G" already apply in Germany's neighboring country Austria. Now there are exit restrictions. The vaccination rate is below the EU average.


"3G" or "2G" already apply in Germany's neighboring country Austria.

Now there are exit restrictions.

The vaccination rate is below the EU average.

Vienna - The decision was expected, now it is: In Austria, a lockdown for corona-unvaccinated persons will apply from Monday (November 15).

Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) and the heads of government of the federal states decided on Sunday in Vienna.

The measure applies to the fight against the pandemic.

"We are not taking this step lightly," said Schallenberg.

But the numbers speak a clear language.

The new restrictions should apply to citizens who have neither proof of vaccination nor proof of a corona infection that has survived in the past 180 days.

Adherence to the regulation should be checked with random samples.

The aim is to increase the willingness to vaccinate and to significantly reduce social contacts.

According to the dpa, the far-reaching exit restrictions are initially limited to ten days.

About two million people are affected.

Unvaccinated lockdown in Austria: leave home only for urgent reasons

Unvaccinated people are then only allowed to leave their homes to go shopping for groceries or other essential goods, to go to work or training, to play sports or when they need medical help.

The lockdown still has to be approved by the main committee of the National Council - i.e. the Austrian parliament - on Sunday evening.

According to the APA news agency, a majority is considered certain there.

Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) also announced mandatory vaccinations in the health and care sector.

In Austria, the 7-day incidence of Corona was recently more than 700, among the unvaccinated, according to Schallenberg, it was even 1700. The country has a vaccination rate below the EU average of 65 percent and is thus behind Germany.

Tightening has been in place since the beginning of November, which is also having an effect.

The number of vaccinations jumped and is now back to the level of July.

Lockdown for unvaccinated people in Austria: Corona vaccination rate below EU average

The state capital Vienna will be the first region in the EU to start vaccinating children between the ages of five and eleven from Monday.

And the residents of Vienna can receive a booster vaccination just four months after their second vaccination.

The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published a new assessment of the corona situation on November 12th.

Austria ranks the authority among the 13 EU countries in which it is "worrying".

Germany, Denmark, Finland and Luxembourg are also on this list.

According to the ECDC, Belgium, the Netherlands (which have had a lockdown for unvaccinated people since Saturday), Poland and the Czech Republic are considered "very worrying".

The agency pointed out that the countries with lower vaccination rates remain the most affected.

(AFP / dpa / frs)

Source: merkur

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