![]() ![]() "We are in a national emergency," he told a news conference. "It hurts that such measures still have to be taken."Īsked if Germany could rule out an Austrian-style full lockdown, Spahn said: "We are now in a situation - even if this produces a news alert - where we can't rule anything out. "We have not succeeded in convincing enough people to get vaccinated," Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg told a news conference, saying the lockdown would start on Monday and the requirement to be vaccinated on Feb. Its infections are among the highest in Europe, with a seven-day incidence of 991 per 100,000 people. Roughly two-thirds of those eligible in Austria are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the lowest rates in western Europe. Party leader Herbert Kickl posted a picture on Facebook with the inscription: "As of today Austria is a dictatorship." The party is planning a protest on Saturday, but Kickl cannot attend because he has tested positive for COVID-19. Both decisions infuriated many in a country where scepticism about state mandates affecting individual freedoms runs high, encouraged by the far-right Freedom Party, the third biggest in parliament. A fourth wave of infections has plunged Germany, Europe's largest economy, into a national emergency, Health Minister Jens Spahn said, warning that vaccinations alone will not cut case numbers.Īustria said it in addition to lockdown it would require the whole population to be vaccinated from Feb. VIENNA/BERLIN, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full COVID-19 lockdown, it said on Friday as neighbouring Germany warned it may follow suit, sending shivers through financial markets worried about the economic fallout.Įurope has again become the epicentre of the pandemic, accounting for half of global cases and deaths. ![]()
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