Berlin: The Austrian government ordered national locking for people who were not vaccinated starting in the middle of the week to slow down the spread of rapid coronavirus in the country.
This step prohibits individuals who are not vaccinated from the age of 12 years from leaving their homes except for basic activities such as working, shopping for food, walking around – or get vaccination.
The authorities worried that hospital staff would no longer be able to handle the maximum entry of Covid-19 patients.
“This is our work as the Austrian government to protect the people,” said Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg told reporters in Vienna on Sunday.
“Therefore we decided that starting Monday …
there will be a lock for those who are not vaccinated.” The lock of locking affected around 2 million people in Alpine 8.9 million people, what news agencies reported.
It does not apply to children under the age of 12 because they have not been officially vaccinated.
The key at first will last for 10 days and the police were asked to examine people outside to ensure they were vaccinated, said Schallenberg.
Austria has one of the lowest level of vaccination in Western Europe: only around 65 percent of the total population is fully vaccinated.
In recent weeks, the country faces a worrying trend of infection.
This country reported 11,552 new cases on Sundays; A week ago there were 8,554 new infections.
The seven-day infection rate is at 775.5 new cases per 100,000 residents.
In comparison, the rates are in 289 in a German neighboring country, which has also sounded an upper amount of increased amount.