Austria orders nationwide lockdown for those not fully vaccinated against Covid

Chancellor announces measure that will come into effect on Monday as country faces record numbers of cases

Austria will place millions of people not fully vaccinated against coronavirus in lockdown as of Monday in an effort to deal with a surge in infections, the country's chancellor has said.

We must raise the vaccination rate. It is shamefully low," Alexander Schallenberg told a news conference on Sunday, announcing the measure after a video call with the governors of Austria's nine provinces. Lockdowns for two of the provinces, Upper Austria and Salzburg, were announced on Friday, but Sunday's move extends that to the whole country.