The mandate is the strictest of its kind so far in the European Union.
Austria's Parliament voted Thursday to introduce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for adults from February 1, the first of its kind in Europe.
Lawmakers voted 137 to 33 in favor of the mandate, which will apply to all residents of Austria aged 18 and over. Exemptions are made for pregnant women, people who for medical reasons can't be vaccinated, or who have recovered from a coronavirus infection in the past six months.Officials say the mandate is necessary because vaccination rates remain too low in the small Alpine country.
Austria's MPs are seen during a vote at a session of Austria's parliament Nationalrat on January 20, 2022 in Vienna. The Austrian government first announced the plan for a universal vaccine mandate at the same time it imposed a since-lifted lockdown in November, and amid concern that Austria's vaccination rate was comparatively low for Western Europe. As of Wednesday, 71.8% of the population of 8.9 million was considered fully vaccinated.
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