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Austria to lift lockdown for unvaccinated residents

FILE - Austrian Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler, left, next to Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer during a parliamentary session where the compulsory COVID-19 vaccination is decided in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. Austria will end its lockdown for unvaccinated residents next Monday — one day before a COVID-19 vaccine mandate takes effect in the country, the government announced Wednesday, according to Austrian news agency APA. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Health Minister Wolfgang Mueckstein said the measure, which was introduced in November, was no longer needed because there was no threat of intensive care capacities at hospitals being overstretched, APA reported. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File) FILE - People scream at the police officers as they stop the demonstration march against the country's coronavirus restrictions around the „Vienna Ring" in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Austria will end its lockdown for unvaccinated residents next Monday — one day before a COVID-19 vaccine mandate takes effect in the country, the government announced Wednesday, according to Austrian news agency APA. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Health Minister Wolfgang Mueckstein said the measure, which was introduced in November, was no longer needed because there was no threat of intensive care capacities at hospitals being overstretched, APA reported. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File) File - A police officer checks the vaccination status of a visitor during a patrol in a shopping mall in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Austria will end its lockdown for unvaccinated residents next Monday — one day before a COVID-19 vaccine mandate takes effect in the country, the government announced Wednesday, according to Austrian news agency APA. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Health Minister Wolfgang Mueckstein said the measure, which was introduced in November, was no longer needed because there was no threat of intensive care capacities at hospitals being overstretched, APA reported. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File) FILE - Kurt Switil, left, receives a Pfizer vaccination against the coronavirus in Vienna, April 10, 2021. Austria will end its lockdown for unvaccinated residents next Monday — one day before a COVID-19 vaccine mandate takes effect in the country, the government announced Wednesday, according to Austrian news agency APA. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Health Minister Wolfgang Mueckstein said the measure, which was introduced in November, was no longer needed because there was no threat of intensive care capacities at hospitals being overstretched, APA reported. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File)