ØDue to the corona, Austria is again in lockdown and will introduce mandatory vaccination in February.Principal announced Alexander Schellenberg on Friday. Austria is suffering from a large-scale fourth wave of infections, and previous measures cannot be broken.
Schallenberg said that despite all the persuasion and propaganda, too few people were vaccinated.Therefore, it will become a Compulsory vaccination Come. “We don’t want the fifth wave, we don’t want the sixth and seventh waves.” The virus will not disappear, it will stay.
The blockade is a difficult step. “It’s painful,” the principal said.Without naming names, he criticized the influential right wing in Austria FPÖ Violence. Their criticism of vaccination is actually “an attack on our health system.”
The lockdown will be evaluated after ten days and will last up to 20 days. Schallenberg said that the lockdown of those who have been vaccinated and recovered will end by December 13 at the latest. Then the 2-G rule should be applied again.
The 7-day incidence rate in Austria is slightly less than 1,000
Austria’s 7-day morbidity rate is close to 1,000, and there are more than 10,000 new infections in more than a week coronavirus Report. The clinic is reaching its capacity limit. The situation in Salzburg and Upper Austria is particularly serious, with an incidence rate of more than 1,500 per 100,000 inhabitants.
One of the previous measures is the 3-G rule in the workplace. Employees must prove that they have been vaccinated, recovered, or tested. On November 8, activities, food and tourism follow the 2-G rule, which prohibits people who have not been vaccinated from entering large areas during their free time. The purpose of these measures is to increase willingness to vaccinate. However, the vaccine only works after a few weeks.
The head of government and his conservative government team have publicly opposed the implementation of further restrictions before the deadline. For example, Green Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein’s proposal to restrict people from leaving the country at night has been criticized. But on Thursday, Salzburg and the Federal State of Upper Austria, under the jurisdiction of ÖVP, promoted the declaration of a regional blockade. Local and most businesses are closing, and schools are turning to distance learning. Some other countries also agreed on Thursday.
