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Published: November 19, 2021

BREAKING: Austria is first Western country to make COVID vaccines mandatory for all citizens

By The Editor

Fri Nov 19, 2021 – 8:54 am EST

VIENNA (LifeSiteNews) — The Austrian government announced Friday it will require all citizens to be vaccinated against COVID-19, starting February 2022. In the meantime, the country will go into a full lockdown starting Monday, as daily new cases have risen to record levels Thursday, even though all unvaccinated citizens are already locked down.

Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg made the announcement at a press conference in a Tyrol hotel where Austrian government officials met last night to decide on the new measures.

“Starting Monday, for a maximum of 20 days, a nationwide lockdown will apply,” he announced. “[In addition], we will initiate countrywide compulsory vaccination [which] will enter into effect from February 1, 2022.”

Nationwide mandatory vaccination as of February

“Despite an intensive media campaign … we have not been able to convince enough people to get vaccinated,” explained Schallenberg. “For a long time, the political consensus was not to introduce mandatory vaccination … but we must look reality in the eyes.”

The Austrian chancellor argued that there are “too many political forces in this country who openly and vehemently oppose this.”

“This irresponsible, this is actually an attack

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