She argues that nations are trampling individual rights. The restrictions enrage Clare Daly, an Irish EU legislator who is a member of the European parliament's civil liberties and justice committee. "It is an immediate act of protection and, of course, an indirect urge to be vaccinated," Mitsotakis said. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a battery of new restrictions late Thursday for the unvaccinated, keeping them out of venues including bars, restaurants, cinemas, theaters, museums and gyms, even if they have tested negative. Greece, too, is targeting the unvaccinated. With a vaccination rate of 67.5%, her nation is now considering mandatory vaccinations for many health professionals. "It is really, absolutely, time to take action," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. Wealthy nations in the west also are being hit hard and imposing restrictions on their populations once again. It is not only nations of central and eastern Europe that are suffering anew. Slovakia, where just 45.3% of the 5.5 million population is fully vaccinated, reported a record 8,342 new virus cases on Tuesday.
He called the measures "a lockdown for the unvaccinated." "For that to happen, Slovakia would need to have a completely different vaccination rate." "A merry Christmas does not mean a Christmas without COVID-19," warned Prime Minister Eduard Heger. They also will not be allowed to attend any public event or gathering and will be required to test twice a week just to go to work. Starting Monday, Slovakia is banning people who haven't been vaccinated from all nonessential stores and shopping malls. While Austria so far stands alone in the European Union in making vaccinations mandatory, more and more governments are clamping down. He called the move "our only way to break out of this vicious cycle of viral waves and lockdown discussions for good." "For a long time, maybe too long, I and others thought that it must be possible to convince people in Austria, to convince them to get vaccinated voluntarily," Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said. Governments desperate to shield overburdened healthcare systems are imposing rules that limit choices for the unvaccinated in the hope that doing so will drive up rates of vaccinations.Īustria on Friday went a step further, making vaccinations mandatory as of Feb.
With infections spiking again despite nearly two years of restrictions, the health crisis increasingly is pitting citizen against citizen - the vaccinated against the unvaccinated.
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