No question of confining people who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 in France, said Monday Christophe Castaner, leader of LREM deputies. “We do not wish it, and we must do everything to prevent that we need to worsen the means of protection of the French”, he explained on France 2.
Asked about the entry into force of this controversial measure in Austria, Christophe Castaner recalled that “the objective, and the method that we have held [en France, NDLR], it is that of vaccination and booster “. Corn “all the hypotheses are on the table because we are facing a virus which surprises us and can still surprise us”, he recalled.
Austria, unprecedented confinement in the European Union
Austria has been confining since Monday people who have not been vaccinated or who have not recently contracted Covid-19, a first in the EU which aims to stem the record number of new cases.
About 65% of the population has a full vaccination schedule in Austria, a figure lower than the European average of 67% and far from countries like Spain (79%) or France (75%).
The measure applies from the age of 12. Unannounced checks “of unprecedented magnitude” will be carried out in the public space, according to the government, which will set up additional police patrols. While the unvaccinated are already banned from restaurants, hotels and hairdressing salons, violators risk a 500 euros fine, and those who refuse to submit to inspections three times more.
The government will assess the effect of these restrictions in 10 days.