Austrian Chancellor: More Lockdowns For The Unvaccinated

Austrian Chancellor Schallenberg: “I Don’t See Why Two-Thirds Should Lose Their Freedom Because One-Third Is Dithering” – Moves to Place Unvaccinated On Lockdown

 Jordan Conradson 

Austria will impose new infringements on the unvaccinated 35% of the population, as infections soar to record highs.
65% of the country is already vaccinated.

The Guardian reports,

The country’s worst-affected province of Upper Austria plans to introduce a lockdown for the unvaccinated from Monday next week following recommendations from medical experts.

Coronavirus deaths rose by 10% across the continent over the past week, making it the only world region where both Covid-19 cases and deaths are steadily increasing, according to a WHO report.

Austrian regional governor Thomas Stelzer described the situation as “dramatic” and said a lockdown would be introduced “provided there is a legal green light from the federal government or the federal government creates the legal basis”, the Austria Press Agency reports.

Those who are not vaccinated will have restrictions placed on their daily movements, including bans from restaurants, hotels, hairdressing salons and large public events.

The region will be the first to move into level five of Austria’s five-stage incremental government plan agreed in September that stipulates once 30% of intensive-care beds are occupied by Covid-19 patients, people not vaccinated against the coronavirus will be placed under lockdown. The current level is 20% and rising fast.

“According to the incremental plan we actually have just days until we have to introduce the lockdown for unvaccinated people,” chancellor Alexander Schallenberg told a news conference on Thursday, adding that Austria’s vaccination rate was “shamefully low”.

Around 65% of Austria’s population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, national statistics show. Upper Austria records just under 60% of the total population vaccinated.

The Gateway Pundit reported, that the Austrian government plans to impose restrictions on unvaccinated people that would allow them to only leave their homes for specific reasons.