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 unfortunately it’s necessary.”
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People who have not been vaccinated will only be able to leave their homes to work, learn, attend medical needs, buy food ingredients, or get fresh air.
People who are not vaccinated are caught breaking the rules by entering places such as retail stores or cinemas subject to a fine starting at around 500 euros ($ 572). The business caught breaking the new rules of the fine of the face ranging from around 3,000 euros. The group that conspires to actively avoid rules can be on hooks for 30,000 euros.
The Austrian Interior Ministry said that the police inspection would potentially be carried out in everyone, which meant that people inoculated should not leave their homes without carrying evidence of vaccination.
People who are vaccinated will still be able to shop, eat and attend cultural events. The commercial figure of the new rules group can cost 350 million euros for sales a week.
New rules will occur until at least November 24.
Only about 65% of Austrian people were fully vaccinated, one of the lowest in Western Europe, and lack of levels that were considered to create a herd immunity to the virus.
Austrian inoculation rates are far below neighbors such as France and Italy while far above most eastern Europe. In Slovakia, the capital of Bratislava is less than 50 miles from Vienna, only 43% are fully vaccinated.
On average 7 days Austria Covid cases have more than doubled this month to more than 10,000, and the rate of infection has recently been among the highest in the world. Note 13,152 cases were reported on Saturday. Austria’s seven-day infection rate of 775 new cases per 100,000 people over 289 in a German neighboring country, where officials took several steps to resist the virus.
German leaders plan to ask the company to allow employees to work from home if possible, and their military has placed thousands of troops with alert to help medical clinics tense, according to media reports. Germany recently stated Austria high-risk zone, and requires people who are not vaccinated back from Austria to quarantine.
The Netherlands also returned in partial locking, including the initial closure for bars, shops, and restaurants, but had not voted which was not divelinated for special care. Latvia has closed the bar and shops, forced curfew and continuing distance learning for students.
People without evidence of vaccination or recovery from Covid have been excluded from many activities in Austria, including concerts, restaurants and bars, after tightening the recent standards. For vaccinated, life runs quite normally, although masks are needed in indoor space such as subways and stores, and social distance are encouraged if possible.
Austria is one of the Coronavirus hotspots in the world during the early pandemic, when returning skiers spreading the virus to all northern Europe and as far as Iceland.