VENICE | CONTAGIONS ON THE RISE, THE AUSTRIAN “LOCKDOWN NO VAX” DOES NOT DISPUTE THE VENETIANS – ANTENNA TRE
11/06/2021 VENICE – The growth of infections recorded in the last period is also worrying in Venice. And several residents agree with the “no-vax lockdown” decided by Austria. || In the province of Venice, the “report” of 6 November shows 141 new positives in the last 24 hours, the highest figure after Vicenza. Admissions are also growing, albeit slightly, but the projection elaborated by the Region is worrying above all: of this the hospital occupancy rate would reach 10% within ten days. weekends worry the director general of Ulss3 Serenissima Edgardo Contato, according to whom the city “cannot add to the problems of overcrowding even that of a health emergency”. Meanwhile, Europe is preparing for the fourth wave with new restrictive measures: in Germany, the president of Thuringia threatened to no longer cure the unvaccinated in hospitals if the facilities were under pressure. Austria has decided for what has been renamed the “no vax lockdown”: those without a vaccination certificate will not enter hotels and restaurants, nor will they be able to attend cultural shows and sporting events. (Report by Filippo Fois)