Austria takes what its leader calls the “dramatic' step of implementing a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people who haven't recently had COVID-19.
FILE - Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg addresses the media in the Federal Chancellery in Vienna, Austria, Oct. 11, 2021. The Austrian government ordered a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people starting midnight Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, to slow the fast spread of the coronavirus in the country.
Officials have said that police patrols will be stepped up and unvaccinated people can be fined up to 1,450 euros if they violate the lockdown. About 65% of the population is fully vaccinated, a rate that Schallenberg described as “shamefully low.”on Sunday recorded 849.2 new cases per 100,000 residents over the previous seven days. Its situation is far worse than that of neighboring Germany, where case rates on Monday hit the latest in a string of records, with 303 new cases per 100,000 residents over seven days.
Separately, the three parties — who hope to take office early next month — also appear set to introduce a vaccine mandate in some areas, a step officials so far have balked at. Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a new appeal on Saturday for holdouts to get vaccinated. “Think about it again,” she said. The country's disease control center called last week for people to cancel or avoid large events.
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