in Austria lockdown for no vax. Smart working is back in Germany
“We have to increase the vaccination rate. It is shamefully low.” This was said by the Austrian canceller Alexander Schallenberg, announcing the entry into force of tomorrow at a press conference lockdown for the unvaccinated. “The situation is serious – he added – we are not taking this step lightly but unfortunately it is necessary”. About the 65% of the population is fully vaccinated against Covid, reports the Guardian, according to which it is one of the lowest rates in Western Europe.
There Germany instead a restore is being prepared smart working, to deal with a new wave of the Covid epidemic. The measure was lifted in early July. This is what emerges from a bill that employers should allow work in the absence of an “economic reason” to go to the office. In that case, moreover, a certificate of vaccination or recovery from the virus, or a negative test would be required. Possible new restrictive measures will be discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the state and the Lander on Thursday, before passing through Parliament. Infections and deaths have soared since mid-October, in a fourth wave attributed to Germany’s relatively low vaccination rate of around 67%. With 289 cases per 100,000 people, today the incidence has reached a new high, the health agency of the Robert Koch Institute. Ahead of a “Covid summit” of federal and regional leaders on Thursday, new measures are being discussed to curb the rise in infections. The presidents of the three so-called traffic light parties, SPD, Verdi and FDP, want to tighten the Covid legislation again and are also discussing for unvaccinated people, according to Handelsblatt. “The incoming wave will overshadow all previous ones“, the state premier of the state told the German weekly Bild am Sonntag Saxony Michael Kretschmer, whose region is currently among the hardest hit.
After the United States, Israel gave the green light to vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 with Pfizer / BioNtech doses in hopes of stemming the Covid-19 pandemic. “Most experts felt that i beneficial of this vaccination for children would have been greater than the risks, which led to the decision to authorize the vaccine for these ages, “the health ministry explained in a statement. The authorities had launched a new campaign for the third dose in the summer and they had also started vaccinating adolescents between 12 and 17 years old.