Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg on Friday announced the country is enforcing a nationwide lockdown and also plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations for its entire population as of February. “We have not succeeded in convincing enough people to get vaccinated,” Schallenberg said during a news conference, adding that the blanket requirement to get vaccinated against the CCP…
Austria Enforces National Lockdown, Plans to Make COVID-19 Vaccinations Mandatory
Euro Slumps as Austria Reimposes Lockdown; Dollar Flying High
November 19, 2021
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LONDON—The euro slumped on Friday to near 16-month lows after Austria became the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full lockdown and Germany did not rule out doing the same. The single currency has been on the back foot all week, pressured by growing expectations that interest rates will be tightened faster elsewhere,…
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Shiffrin Excels in World Cup Skiing Opener for Her 70th Win
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Austrian Chancellor Threatens to Lock Down the Unvaccinated if Cases Rise
People in Austria who chose to not get a CCP virus vaccine face being locked down at home if the number of severe COVID-19 hospitalizations in the nation continues to climb. Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced on Friday that if the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICUs) reaches 600, people who did…
Austrian Police Find 2 Dead Men in Minibus Full of Migrants
BERLIN—Austrian media reported Tuesday that the bodies of two men were found in a minibus carrying dozens of migrants near the border with Hungary. Public broadcaster ORF reported that authorities stopped the vehicle and found 28 people crammed inside, two of them dead. Police were searching the area around Siegendorf, a village 50 kilometers (30…
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