Czechs, Slovaks target COVID-19 unvaccinated people in step behind Austria


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PRAGUE :The Czech Republic and Slovakia banned unvaccinated people from hotels, pubs, hairdressers and most public events from Monday (Nov 22) after COVID-19 cases filled hospitals’ intensive care wards, with most of the seriously ill patients not inoculated. The central European neighbours both adopted the new measures last week, a step behind Austria which first set restrictions on unvaccinated people but went for a full lockdown on Monday as the region experienced the world’s latest hotspot. The countries took the decision as daily infections reach new records and inoculation rates lag most European Union peers. Slovakia has the bloc’s third-lowest...