Austria Becomes First in Europe to Impose Vaccine Mandate, Return to Lockdown

Austria turned the first European state to introduce a common vaccination mandate and return to a nationwide lockdown in response to a immediate rise in Covid-19 bacterial infections and hospitalizations inspite of mass immunization.

The final decision arrives as a warning indicator to other Western nations, including the U.S., that had hoped to set the pandemic driving them many thanks to thriving vaccination campaigns.