‘No way around it’: Austrians queue for jabs as unvaccinated told to stay home
by Philip Oltermann in Linz from on (#5S3HN)
In Linz, jab willingness is rising as police check Covid passports - but confusion remains on what is essential travel
On a street of shops in the Austrian city of Linz, a stone's throw from the winding Danube river, two police officers in navy-blue uniforms and peaked white caps stop random passersby to check their vaccine passports.
Elderly shoppers rummage around in their handbags and comply with a smile, but a fortysomething woman with a nose piercing is less forthcoming: she says she left her immunisation certificate on the kitchen table as she had to dash across town to see a dentist.
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