If the threshold of 600 occupied intensive care beds with Covid-19 patients is reached, exit restrictions will be imposed on those that have not yet received the vaccine.
“We are about to stumble into a pandemic of the unvaccinated”, said Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg, according to the APA new agency. The Chancellor ruled out a new lockdown for those vaccinated and recovered.
Children under the age of 12 and people that are medically unable to get the vaccine will be exempt from this rule.
The new regulations also provide for restrictions for unvaccinated people in the event that more than 500 corona patients are treated in the intensive care units - then, the 2G rule (vaccinated or recovered) will come into force in many areas.
More than 220 intensive care beds are currently occupied by corona patients in Austria.
62.4% of the country is fully vaccinated, while 65.4% has received at least one shot.
