Today, Saturday, Austria, in a precedent in the European Union, began implementing a mandatory vaccination against the Coronavirus (known also as COVID-19) for all adults over the age of 18 under the risk of a heavy fine.
On Friday, the Austrian presidency issued the law adopted on January 20 in Parliament, which is the result of a process that began in November to confront the outbreak of the pandemic.
The government decided to choose a harsh method despite the criticism, in contrast to its European partners.
The text of the law includes all adult residents, except for pregnant women, those who have contracted the virus for less than 180 days, and those who can obtain an exemption for medical reasons.
The Minister of Health, Wolfgang Mokstein, stressed that the mandatory vaccination aims to protect against "new waves and to combat new mutations", that could appear in the coming months.
And in neighboring Germany, a similar project has been discussed since January 26 in the Bundestag (the federal parliament), defended by the new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, but it has been delayed due to the pision of the political class around it.
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