Austria’s Return to Covid-19 Lockdown Is Met With Anger, Resignation

Strict Covid-19 vaccine requirements for employees have sparked protests in Italy, despite assist from most people. WSJ's Eric Sylvers experiences from Milan, the place the new rules present a glimpse into the hurdles the U.S. may face when enforcing an analogous mandate. image: Piero Cruciatti/AFP/Getty photographs

Austria on Monday grew to become the primary Western country to put its economy below partial lockdown, the hardest in an array of restrictions which are spreading across Europe, sometimes assembly violent protests, as governments are searching for to fend off a steep rise in Covid-19 situations and hospitalizations despite common vaccinations.

For the subsequent 10 to twenty days, residents will must dwell home and all nonessential retail outlets will shut. whereas the guidelines include a lot of exceptionsâ€"strolls, exercising and dog running are allowed, as are traveling to places of work and looking for groceries and even Christmas timberâ€"police observed they'd implement the lockdown, primarily in the night.