Austria orders confinement to people not vaccinated against Covid-19
The number of cases in Austria is at its highest point in a year, with 481 cases for each 100, 000 inhabitants in the last seven days.
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Austria banned, as of this Monday, those not vaccinated against Covid – 19 entrance to cafes, restaurants and leisure events, both cultural and sports s, as well as certain services such as hairdressers, amid a large increase in infections in the last two weeks.
According to Federal Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg, given the incessant rise in coronavirus cases and growing hospital pressure, the conservative government- Austrian ecologist decided to restrict from this midnight the mobility of people who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus .
“The situation is serious. The fourth wave (of the pandemic) affects us fully. This is due to the delta variant (of the virus) but also to the low vaccination rate ”, he declared.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, have died in Austria 11 thousand 706 people due to complications with Covid – 19.
42 / “It’s our job as the government of Austria to protect the people,” Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg told reporters in Vienna on Sunday. “Therefore we decided that starting Monday… there will be a lockdown for the unvaccinated.” https://t.co/dq7nqMns5P
Austria’s measure is reflective , according to different media, of what is experienced in much of Europe, in the face of the new wave of coronavirus. The increase in cases in some countries of the old continent has led their leaders to take measures to prevent a massive advance of the Covid – 19 .
According to media in Austria, this new measures that affect about 2, 000, 000 million of the 8, 800, 000 of people living in the country, where the percentage of vaccination reaches a 65 percent.
“The percentage of vaccination it is shamefully low and without raising it we will not be able to get out of this vicious circle (of the pandemic) “, said the Austrian Chancellor.
For his part, the Minister of Health, Wolfgang Mückstein did not rule out “the need for more measures” , without giving details, in case that the r restrictions announced today do not have the desired effect.
