Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schlenberg announced today (Sunday) that all unvaccinated citizens in the country will be placed under closure starting this coming Monday, in order to deal with the jump in morbidity in the country. “We must raise the numbers of the vaccinated in the country,” he said during a press conference in which he announced the side, “Shamefully – the figure is low.”
The Chancellor’s announcement was preceded by a video call with the governors of Austria’s nine provinces. As mentioned, only about 65 percent of Austrians are fully vaccinated against Corona, one of the lowest percentages in Western Europe. People aged 12 and under will be exempt from the quarantine restrictions, during which Austrians who are not fully vaccinated will not be able to leave their homes for circumstances that are not defined as essential, such as walking to work or purchasing necessary products, Health Minister Wolfgang Mukstein announced. He noted that the closure is expected to last ten days.
However, many officials in Austria, including the Chancellor’s party and the police, have questioned the ability to enforce such a closure, as it only applies to part of the population. Chancellor Schlenberg and Interior Minister Karl Nahmer said in response that there would be thorough police investigations.
As you may recall, in recent times there has been an alarming jump in morbidity in Europe. The director of the World Health Organization, Dr. Hans Klooga, addressed the issue about a week and a half ago, noting in a conversation with reporters: More. “He added:” Europe is back to being the focus of the plague, the situation we were in a year ago. The difference is that we now know more, and can do more. “
He added: “We need to change our course of action, and move from a response to a significant spread of illness, to a situation where it is prevented from occurring.” According to him, the causes of the increase in morbidity in question are the fact that the protection provided by the vaccines is no longer sufficient, alongside the opening of borders between the countries. The senior official further noted that by this coming February, half a million more deaths are expected on the continent and that “the number of hospitalized as a result of Corona morbidity has more than doubled in the last week.”
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