This Country Orders Lockdown For Unvaccinated In Drastic Covid Step
Austria put people who were not vaccinated under the lockdown from Monday, the most drastic step by Western European countries to slow the latest wave of Coronavirus.
European cases reached almost 2 million last week, the most in one week in this area since the pandemic began. The Netherlands and Latvia have imposed new steps, while Germany considered new restrictions after the case rose to a record level.
Globally, the government who wants to live normally again find ways to force more people to be investigated - from placing people who are not vaccinated on forced leave, to refuse to pay for their medical care.
Austria needs to raise "a shameful low vaccination rate," said Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg at a press conference in Vienna. "We don't take this step lightly. But unfortunate...