Prognosis
Austria Back in Lockdown Ahead of Mandatory Vaccine Policy
- Most businesses shuttered in bid to break infection cycle
- From February, refusal to vaccinate will carry a fine
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Austria awoke on Monday to its fourth national lockdown since the start of the pandemic.
Through mid-December, Austrians will only be allowed to leave home for work, essential shopping and exercise, measures intended to put a brake on infections that have quadrupled in a month. Restrictions may last longer for the unvaccinated.