Austria re-enters Covid lockdown as Europe battles virus surge
by Agence France-Presse in Vienna from World news | The Guardian on (#5S6NA)
Austria joins Latvia as only EU nations to reimpose national lockdown since vaccines became widely available
People in Austria are not allowed to leave home except to go to work, shop for essentials and exercise, as the country returned to a Covid-19 lockdown on Monday morning.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday to protest against the measures, some blaming the government for not doing more to avert the latest coronavirus wave crashing into Europe.
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