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Austria orders non-vaccinated people into Covid-19 lockdown
Hungarian police officers check the papers of commuters at the Austrian-Hungarian border crossing point in Klingenbach, Austria, near Sopron, Hungary September 1, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

VIENNA, Nov 14 — Austria is placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus on lockdown as of Monday to deal with a surge in infections to record levels, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said today.

"We must raise the vaccination rate. It is shamefully low,” Schallenberg told a news conference announcing the new measure after a video call with the governors of Austria’s nine provinces. Roughly 65 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19, one of the lowest rates in western Europe. — Reuters

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