"3G" or "2G" already apply in Germany's neighboring country Austria.
Now there are exit restrictions.
The vaccination rate is below the EU average.
Update from November 14th, 10:40 p.m.:
After the lockdown for unvaccinated people (
see first report
), the Austrian federal government is also thinking of night exit restrictions for all citizens.
This proposal is on the table and will be decided next Wednesday, said Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein (Greens) on Sunday evening in the ORF news program "ZiB2".
“We're all in the same boat,” said Mückstein.
If a general lockdown is to be prevented, a reduction in contact between people is imperative, the minister added.
The restrictions would apply from 10 p.m. and would also mean that night restaurants would be closed again.
In the middle of the week we will see whether the lockdown for unvaccinated people has already worked, Mückstein added.
Corona: Austria decides to lockdown for unvaccinated people from tomorrow - only for urgent reasons on the street
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Austria is considering new night exit restrictions
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Initial report:
Vienna - The decision was expected, now it is: In Austria, a lockdown for corona-unvaccinated people 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 800, among the unvaccinated, according to Schallenberg, it was even 1700. The country's corona vaccination rate is below the EU average, and with 65 percent is also behind Germany .
Tightening has been in place since the beginning of November, which is also having an effect.
The number of vaccinations skyrocketed 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)
