Covid, restrictions on no vax increase in Europe

Europe increases anti Covid restrictions, with measures aimed at all unvaccinated people. Hence, on 8 November theAustria will kick off the first national lockdown for no vax: it will last four weeks with the aim of encouraging the highest number of non-immunized people to undergo the anti-Covid vaccination. The country currently has 63 percent immunized people.

“Nobody intends to divide society, but it is our responsibility to protect people,” Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said at a press conference. “ICU employment is increasing much faster than expected.” They have been registered in the country 9388 positive cases in the last 24 hours. A year ago the threshold reached was 9,586 new infections. From next Monday in Austria, only people vaccinated or cured of Covid will be able to access hotels, restaurants, sporting events, with the obligation of an Fp2 mask at the entrance. The unvaccinated will not even be able to access the ski slopes or enter as visitors inside hospitals and facilities for the elderly.

And the pandemic of not vaccinated, this is how the increase in new infections throughout Europe has been renamed, with peaks in Germany where in the last few hours the Robert Koch Institut recorded 37,120 new cases and 154 deaths. Who, the governor of Thuringia, Bodo Ramelow has threatened to stop treating the unvaccinated, should the pressure within health facilities continue to rise. While in Saxony from Monday 8 November only vaccinated people will be able to access bars, restaurants and events, it will come excluding the possibility of the buffer to obtain the green pass. The green certificate will be mandatory in France until July 31st, while it is back in the Netherlands it is mandatory to wear a mask in public spaces.

The fourth wave that is sweeping the countries especially in Europe, with the arrival of colder temperatures, has pushed governments to speed up the process for the third dose of vaccine. Also in view of the approach of the Christmas holidays. It happens in England, where the minister health minister Sajid Javid announced that the third administration will be available one month ahead of schedule, so five months after the second dose and no more six.

In Italy the latest bulletin issued confirms a slight increase in infections, there are 6,764 in one day and 51 deaths. «In a phase of resurgence of the virus such as the one we are witnessing at European level at the moment, it is right to speed up the administration of recalls. Yesterday the 2 million third doses administered were exceeded»Declared Health Minister Roberto Speranza, speaking this morning at the 19th health law conference in Milan.

The situation remains critical Balkan countries, with the lowest percentage of people vaccinated in all of Europe. Here too, countries are preparing for a new tightening on access to public places and events. In Ukraine, one of the hardest hit countries in Eastern Europe, people demonstrated for the government’s decision suspend the salary of government employees, including teachers, if they refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 by 8 November. Here it is mandatory to show a negative test or vaccination against Covid-19 to get on planes, trains and long-distance buses.

The Russia, where until tomorrow November 7 Moscow is in a kind of lockdown with the main commercial activities closed, as well as schools, it recorded the latest record of new infections: 41335 those of the last 24 hours, with over a thousand deaths. It is the highest figure since the beginning of the pandemic. According to the latest data released by the World Health Organization, Europe has recorded an increase in cases of 6 percent in the last week, while in most other countries in the world the trend is slightly down or in any case stable.

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