Austria to Lift Lockdown for Unvaccinated Residents

Austria to Lift Lockdown for Unvaccinated Residents
Kurt Switil, left, receives a Pfizer in Vienna, on April 10, 2021. Lisa Leutner/AP Photo
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BERLIN—Austria will end its lockdown for unvaccinated residents next Monday—one day before a COVID-19 vaccine mandate takes effect in the country, the country’s chancellor announced Wednesday.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said the measure, which was introduced in November, was no longer needed because there were no threat of hospital intensive care units being overstretched.