A lottery reserved for those who are vaccinated against the coronavirus in Austria. It is the latest strategy put in place by the government to try to convince vaccine skeptics and counter the spread of a new pandemic wave. This was announced by the Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer during a press conference with the leader of the Social Democratic opposition Pamela Rendi-Wagner, with whom the measure was agreed.
500 euro vouchers are up for grabs, explained the chancellor. In Austria, around 72 percent of the population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, which is one of the lowest rates in Western Europe. Another contagion record was reached yesterday, driven by the Omicron variant, but the Vienna government is looking for solutions to avoid imposing a new lockdown.