Austrian Regions Turn to Patchwork Virus Policy After Lockdown
- Unvaccinated remain in lockdown in effort to tame virus wave
- Nation is at the forefront of push to incentivize vaccinations
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Austria will keep a range of regional pandemic restrictions in place after ending a nationwide lockdown for inoculated people, with strict limits affecting the unvaccinated.
The government in Vienna is ending a three-week lockdown on Sunday for most people after a decline in confirmed infections, even as the number of patients being treated at hospitals remains high. The move contrasts with a flurry of new measures being enacted elsewhere in Europe in response to concern over a new coronavirus variant.