Austria threatens to lockdown the unvaccinated as Covid cases skyrocket

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    Austria’s Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg states he will enforce constraints on those who have actually not been jabbed (Picture: Getty/Reuters)

    Unvaccinated Austrians have actually been cautioned that they might deal with brand-new lockdown constraints if Covid cases continue to increase.

    Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg stated on Friday night that those who have actually not been jabbed might just be enabled to leave their houses for particular factors.

    They might likewise be stopped from going into particular places– while those that are immunized continue daily life.

    Mr Schallenberg revealed that if the variety of Covid-19 clients in intensive-care systems reaches 500– or 25 percent of the nation’s overall ICU capability– entryway into services such as dining establishments and hotels will be restricted to those who are immunized or have actually recuperated from the infection.

    If the number reaches 600– or one-third of overall ICU capability– the federal government prepares to enforce constraints implying unvaccinated individuals would just be enabled to leave their houses for particular factors.

    Currently, the variety of COVID clients in ICUs stands at 220.

    The relocation followed a Friday night conference in between the Chancellor and state-level leaders to discuss their action to quickly increasing case numbers.

    Austria's new Chancellor of the People's Party (OVP) Alexander Schallenberg addresses the media at the Federal Chancellery in Vienna, Austria October 11, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

    Mr Schallenberg states unjabbed individuals will deal with brand-new constraints if cases keep increasing (Picture: Reuters)

    Mr Schallenberg stated: ‘The pandemic is not yet in the rearview mirror.

    ‘We are about to stumble into a pandemic of the unvaccinated.’

    In the previous week, Austria has actually reported 20,408 brand-new cases of the infection, according to health authorities, bringing the 7-day average to 228.5 per 100,000 residents. A week previously, that figure was at 152.5 per 100,000 residents.

    Although Austria’s federal government has actually motivated residents to get immunized, the effort has actually slowed in current months.

    Some 65.4% of the overall population has actually gotten one dosage of the vaccine, and 62.2% are totally immunized.

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