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COVID-19: Austrian government orders lockdown for unvaccinated
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People who are unvaccinated or who haven't recently recovered from COVID-19 will have to go into lockdown from midnight, Austria's chancellor has announced.
"The situation is serious," Alexander Schallenberg said, adding that the measure was, unfortunately, "necessary".
He emphasised that the incidence rate among the unvaccinated was much higher than among those who had the jab, at around 1700 new cases per 100,000 people.
Random checks will be carried out to make sure the population is following the measure which will be re-evaluated in 10 days. It applies to people over the age of 12 who are unvaccinated.
Fines for breaking the measure can be up to €1450, DPA reported.
The measure is being put in place as the country reports record-high
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