Austria has introduced its fourth session in the Covid-19 pandemic on Monday, November 22, and plans to introduce mandatory vaccination against the disease. Some 35,000 people have expressed dissatisfaction with these decisions on the streets of Vienna, reports the British broadcaster BBC.
From Monday, 22 November to 12 December, Austria has introduced strict epidemiological restrictions, which are due to be reviewed in ten days’ time. The new rules require residents to stay permanently. Leaving the country of residence in a Central European country will only be allowed to go to work, play sports or go to the grocery store.
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Visitors are required to close the doors of catering establishments, bars, hairdressers, theaters and outlets where food or medicine is not traded. “House, a relatively harsh method – like a hammer blow – is the only way to reduce [inficēšanās un hospitalizēto] The Austrian Minister of Health, Wolfgang Mückstein, explained the need for restrictions on ORF TV.
In a country that stands out against Western Europe and Northern Europe with a modest coverage of Covid-19 vaccination (64.1% of the population has been fully vaccinated), the decision provoked a large-scale protest. The government in Vienna had previously promised not to impose such strict epidemiological restrictions as the House. On Saturday, November 20, about 35,000 people gathered in the center of Vienna to express their dissatisfaction. Residents have chanted the words “Freedom” and “Resistance” with the Austrian flag, reports the BBC.
The Austrian government has decided to introduce a requirement for the population to be vaccinated against Covid-19 from 1 February 2022, or to punish those who have not been vaccinated with an administrative penalty,
reports British news portal The Guardian.
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