Unvaccinated individuals in Austria may face new lockdown restrictions if coronavirus case numbers proceed to rise, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg mentioned.
The information got here after a Friday night assembly between Schallenberg and state-level leaders to debate their response to quickly growing case numbers.
“The pandemic is not yet in the rearview mirror,” Schallenberg mentioned. “We are about to stumble into a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”
Schallenberg introduced that if the variety of COVID-19 sufferers in intensive care items reaches 500, or 25% of the nation’s whole ICU capability, entry into companies corresponding to eating places and inns will likely be restricted to those that are vaccinated or recovered from the virus.
If the quantity reaches 600, or one-third of whole ICU capability, the federal government plans to impose restrictions on unvaccinated individuals. In this case, they’d solely be allowed to depart their properties for particular causes.
Currently, the variety of COVID-19 sufferers in ICUs stands at 220.
In the previous week, Austria has reported 20,408 new circumstances of the virus, based on well being authorities, bringing the seven-day common to 228.5 per 100,000 inhabitants. Every week earlier, that determine was at 152.5 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Although Austria’s authorities has inspired residents to get vaccinated, the trouble has slowed in latest months. About 65.4% of the overall inhabitants has acquired one dose of the vaccine, and 62.2% are totally vaccinated.
