The government said it would begin routine checks of vaccination status in mid-March, including during traffic checks. Once the law goes into effect, all households will be notified. Under the Austrian law, people who are pregnant or cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons and those who have recently recovered from Covid will be exempt. Other European countries have made vaccine passports compulsory for certain activities. Italy has made vaccines mandatory for those over 50, with fines for those who do not comply, and Greece has mandated vaccines for those 60 and older. While Austria’s bill is the first of its kind, other European nations are pushing large segments of their population to get vaccinated. The bill must still pass in the upper house and be signed by the president, Alexander Van der Bellen, but both are considered formalities at this point. Vadim Ghirda/Associated PressĪustria’s lower house of Parliament voted on Thursday to make Covid vaccines mandatory for almost everyone 18 and over, putting it on the path to be the first European country with such a wide-reaching mandate. Image People waiting to register for Covid vaccinations last year in Vienna.
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