Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg says that the country will go into a national lockdown to contain a fourth wave of coronavirus cases.
People wearing face mask to protect against the coronavirus as they visits a Christmas market in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. The Austrian a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people is in place to combat rising coronavirus infections and deaths. cases, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Friday, as new COVID-19 infections hit a record high amid a pandemic surge across Europe.And starting Feb. 1, the country will also make vaccinations mandatory.
The full lockdown is the latest effort to control rapidly rising case numbers. It's the fourth nationwide lockdown since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. On Friday, the country reported 15,809 new infections, an all-time high.introduced rules that barred unvaccinated people from restaurants, hotels and large events.
“Given the current infection developments, we believe there are no alternatives to even greater contact restriction than recently, so any measures that help curb the momentum are welcome,” he added. Hospitals in both states have warned in recent days that their ICUs were reaching capacity, and hospitals in Salzburg had begun discussing potential triage procedures to take only the worst cases.
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