No EU government had so far dared to take the plunge: Austria will impose vaccination against Covid-19 from February 1, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced on Friday at a press conference in Tyrol, after discussions with all the regional governors.
The country will also confine its entire population on Monday, a few days after taking a similar measure for unvaccinated people, thus also becoming the first EU country to take such a measure in the face of the resurgence of cases. of Covid.