Austria reimposes full lockdown, makes vaccination compulsory
Austria will impose a lockdown for all, days after confining the unvaccinated, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced on Friday, making the country the first in the EU to take such stringent measures as coronavirus cases spiral.
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- Published Date: 12:46 | 19 November 2021
- Modified Date: 01:12 | 19 November 2021
Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full COVID-19 lockdown this autumn to tackle a new wave of infections, and order its whole population to get vaccinated as of Feb. 1, its government said on Friday.
The lockdown will last 10 days initially, and 20 days at most, conservative chancellor Alexander Schallenberg told a news conference, adding that the obligation to get vaccinated would be introduced on Feb. 1.
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