The Austrian government has imposed compulsory vaccination on all citizens over the age of 18, with fines of between 600 and 3,600 euros for those not vaccinated as of March 15.
The Austrian Government has imposed the compulsory vaccination against coronavirus for people over 18 years of age from February 1, with what becomes the first country of the European Union to take a similar measure.
The project was presented last January and, after approval, it is expected that controls will be installed on streets and highways to check if citizens are vaccinated with reference to the National Vaccination Registry, which already exists.
The text, whose main novelty is that raises the mandatory vaccination age from 14 to 18 years, provides exceptions such as the case of pregnant women or people who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons. Likewise, those who have tested positive and overcome the disease will have an extended period of six months.
In the first phase, from February 1 to March 15, the rule does not provide penalties for those not vaccinated. Since then, they could impose fines of between 600 and 3600 euros.
A similar measure has been taken Italy, which imposed compulsory vaccination for all citizens over 50 years old to try to alleviate hospital pressure. In addition, public and private employees will have to show their reinforced health certificate from February 15.
On the other hand, and despite the record contagion data, Denmark removed restrictions against coronavirus this Tuesday due to the lower danger of the omicron variant and the high number of immunized people.
Source: Eitb
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