{"id":1205763,"date":"2022-01-10T18:05:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1205763"},"modified":"2022-01-10T18:05:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:05:27","slug":"undercover-police-officers-to-inspect-vax-pass-papers-as-austria-considerably-intensifies-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/undercover-police-officers-to-inspect-vax-pass-papers-as-austria-considerably-intensifies-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Undercover Police Officers to Inspect Vax Pass Papers As Austria \u2018Considerably\u2019 Intensifies Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fundercover-police-officers-to-inspect-vax-pass-papers-as-austria-considerably-intensifies-crackdown%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=1205763&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\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237162193-e1641814620971-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Undercover Police are being deployed in Austria to assist in the intensification of COVID restrictions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Austrian police are to considerably ramp up checks regarding COVID restrictions. The crackdown will even go as far as deploying plainclothes police to the streets to catch out those who might attempt to go about their daily business while avoiding officers, top Austrian newspaper&nbsp;<em>Kronen Zeitung<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2599691\">reports<\/a>.<\/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>While authorities in the country have already reportedly done 1.6 million checks since the start of the nation\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/15\/corona-apartheid-austria-imposes-stay-at-home-lockdown-unvaccinated\/\">Corona Apartheid<\/a>\u2018 lockdown of unvaccinated individuals, Austria\u2019s Interior Minister Gerhard Karner has said they will be ramped up even further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe controls will\u2026 continue to be intensified, above all out of fairness towards those who support the necessary restrictions in solidarity,\u201d the interior minister said, it was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2599322\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about taking action against those who do not adhere to the rules. And taking action with fairness towards those who support the measures,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Die Presse<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diepresse.com\/6083412\/wie-sollen-die-covid-massnahmen-kontrolliert-werden\">reports<\/a> Karner as also saying.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>Kronen Zeitung<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2599322\">cites<\/a> the ramping up of checks to a reduction in other types of crime in Austria, partly as a result of COVID measures such as the 10pm curfew on venues such as restaurants and bars.<\/p>\n<p>The increased number of checks will reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diepresse.com\/6083412\/wie-sollen-die-covid-massnahmen-kontrolliert-werden\">focus<\/a> on the nation\u2019s gastronomy sector, including the likes of bars and restaurants, as well as on retail and \u200b\u200btourist hotspots to make sure all rules are being followed, according to the minister.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">Authoritarian Austria: 40,000 Protest Restrictions in Vienna as \u2018Corona Apartheid\u2019 Continues <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Iyt3JCq2DU\">https:\/\/t.co\/Iyt3JCq2DU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1480246744608694272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Austria\u2019s increase in police checks is to coincide with the introduction of even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diepresse.com\/6083412\/wie-sollen-die-covid-massnahmen-kontrolliert-werden\">more measures<\/a>&nbsp;aimed at further curbing the spread of the Chinese Coronavirus from Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>One such measure includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/07\/austria-to-deactivate-covid-passes-after-six-months-in-bid-to-push-boosters\/\">checking<\/a> of every person entering most shops for proof of vaccination or recovery in order to prevent those without COVID papers from accessing retail services.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>There will also be spot checks on the streets as before, except performed by undercover police officers, with \u201cspecial patrols\u2026 to monitor compliance with the Corona measures\u201d, KZ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2599691\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The nation\u2019s government is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/19\/austria-unvaccinated-could-face-prison-as-country-locks-down-and-announces-vaccine-mandate\/\">still<\/a> looking to implement a regime of mandatory vaccination in the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/19\/austria-unvaccinated-could-face-prison-as-country-locks-down-and-announces-vaccine-mandate\/\">Originally<\/a>, the ruling administration in Austria hoped to have the mandate implemented by February, with all those remaining unvaccinated after that point facing hefty fines and even possible imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>However, due to apparent communication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/09\/authoritarian-austria-40000-protest-restrictions-in-vienna-as-corona-apartheid-continues\/\">failures<\/a> on the part of government officials, many of the restrictions are not legally possible until after April 1st, with some remaining legally impossible even after that date.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the mishap, the nation has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/31\/austria-to-extend-segregation-lockdown-for-unvaccinated-due-to-omicron-variant\/\">continued<\/a> its promised indefinite lockdown of the unvaccinated, despite many within the country protesting the measures.<\/p>\n<p>Over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/01\/09\/authoritarian-austria-40000-protest-restrictions-in-vienna-as-corona-apartheid-continues\/\">40,000<\/a> attended a demonstration in Vienna on Saturday to protest the COVID measures currently in place in the country, with a further demonstration taking place in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2599057\">Innsbruck<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>This latter protest went ahead as planned despite Karner making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krone.at\/2598995\">disapproving<\/a> remarks regarding the attendance of members of the&nbsp;Freiheitliche Partei \u00d6sterreichs, or Freedom Party of Austria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undercover Police are being deployed in Austria to assist in the intensification of COVID restrictions in the country. 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