Austria Threatens New Lockdown for Unvaccinated as Cases Spike
- Restrictions may kick in if ICU occupancy continues rising
- Austria lags Western European rates on Covid inoculations
Customers dine in the Naschmarkt in Vienna.
Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
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Austria has laid out a framework for potential new lockdown measures to apply only to unvaccinated people, as Covid-19 inoculations lag and cases rise sharply.
“I will do everything I can to ensure that the health system in this country does not reach its limit and is not overloaded because we have too many procrastinators,” Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said in a statement Saturday.