Austria Extends Lockdown With New Virus Cases Edging Lower
A closed restaurant in Vienna, on Nov. 30.
Photographer: Lisa Leutner/AP Photo
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Austrian lawmakers extended a nationwide lockdown for a second 10-day period to suppress the latest wave of coronavirus infections before the Christmas holiday period.
While daily virus cases have edged lower since the new restrictions were introduced, hospitalizations have continued to rise. Deputies from the governing People’s Party and Greens, as well as the opposition Socialist Party, supported the motion in the National Council’s Main Committee.