FILE PHOTO: Austria’s chancellor Karl Nehammer attends the presentation of plans to introduce mandatory coronavirus disease vaccinations for all in Vienna, Austria, Jan 16, 2022. (Reuters)
Austria’s parliament on Thursday is expected to approve making Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for adults from next month, becoming the first European country to do so.
Lawmakers from all parties, except those from the far right, are expected to vote in favour of the new law as the number of daily infections reached yet another record on Wednesday.
To date 72 percent of Austrian residents are fully vaccinated — in line with the European Union-wide average of just more than 70 percent but several percentage points below regional neighbours such as Italy and France.
Tens of thousands have demonstrated against mandatory…
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