{"id":1031727,"date":"2021-11-19T11:13:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T16:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1031727"},"modified":"2021-11-19T11:13:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T16:13:37","slug":"austria-unvaccinated-could-face-prison-as-country-locks-down-and-announces-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austria-unvaccinated-could-face-prison-as-country-locks-down-and-announces-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Austria: Unvaccinated Could Face Prison as Country Locks Down and Announces Vaccine Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustria-unvaccinated-could-face-prison-as-country-locks-down-and-announces-vaccine-mandate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1031727&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1353454960-e1637327563638-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Austrian government has announced it will be forcing all residents to take a Wuhan virus vaccine. Those who refuse will face heavy fines and possible prison sentences starting in February.<\/p>\n<p>Austria will be the first major country in Europe to force its citizens to take the vaccine or face fines or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/19\/austria-plans-compulsory-covid-vaccination-for-all\">potential prison sentences<\/a> for not doing so. The move comes as the government has also placed the entire country under a strict 20-day lockdown, just days after it locked down the unvaccinated nationwide.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The new lockdown measures will begin on Monday, November 22nd, according to a report from the newspaper <em>Kronen Zeitung<\/em> and will see Austrians largely confined to their homes and only allowed to travel for essential purposes such as purchasing food or outdoor exercise, although schools and kindergartens will remain open.<\/p>\n<p>Although the general lockdown is scheduled to end on December 12th, it will remain in place for those who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus indefinitely and, as mentioned previously, from February 2022 all Austrian residents will be mandated by law to take the vaccine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7777777777778\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Corona Apartheid\u2019 \u2013 Austria Imposes Stay-at-Home Lockdown on Unvaccinated <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SxeB5rHNfX\">https:\/\/t.co\/SxeB5rHNfX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1460278418336104456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Austrian&nbsp;Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg commented on the drastic new measures, saying that previously there had been \u201ca political consensus that we do not want compulsory vaccination, and I also assumed that people should be persuaded to be vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stated that \u201ctoo many political forces, flimsy opponents of vaccination and fake news\u201d had contributed to Austria having one of the lowest vaccination rates in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert Kickl, the leader of the populist Freedom Party (FP\u00d6) and former interior minister, said the mandatory vaccination proposal crossed a \u201cdark red line\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2559647\">declared<\/a> \u201cAustria is a dictatorship today!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kickl, who has been public about not being vaccinated against the coronavirus, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/herbertkickl\/photos\/a.1989046974706936\/2878564752421816\/?type=3\">participated<\/a> in prior demonstrations against coronavirus lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>The FP\u00d6 has announced a demonstration in Vienna on Saturday, with some estimating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2558861\">10,000 people<\/a> or more may attend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Freedom Party leader has also called into question the constitutionality of the mandatory vaccine proposal and said he expects the Austrian Constitutional Court to release a statement on what he labelled a \u201cgovernment attack on the fundamental right of the physical integrity of the people in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7986577181208\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unvaxed Austrian Populist Leader Could Be Barred from Large Events <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SH2x24DOfG\">https:\/\/t.co\/SH2x24DOfG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1441682394910756864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The new general lockdown following the lockdown of the unvaccinated was preceded by the regional governments of Upper Austria and Salzburg announcing they would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/13\/two-tier-society-austria-imposing-regional-lockdowns-but-only-unvaxed\/\">implement lockdowns<\/a> for the unvaccinated locally.<\/p>\n<p>While Austria is the first major country to attempt to impose mandatory vaccination on all citizens, other countries have expressed openness to the idea.<\/p>\n<p>The man expected to take over from Angela Merkel as Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, stated earlier this month that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/17\/likely-merkel-successor-sholz-says-mandatory-vaccinations-should-be-on-the-table\/\">he was open to discussions<\/a> on mandatory vaccinations, for example.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7777777777778\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Likely Merkel Successor Sholz Says Mandatory Vaccinations Should Be On the Table <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JHK3dm5PDj\">https:\/\/t.co\/JHK3dm5PDj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1461051009157971979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Austrian government has announced it will be forcing all residents to take a Wuhan virus vaccine. 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