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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley, Europe correspondent

Austria lifts ‘lockdown of the unvaccinated’ as Europe slowly opens up

Shoppers in Vienna
Shoppers in Vienna. From Saturday, shops and restaurants in Austria will be able to stay open until midnight and the maximum number of people able to participate in events will rise from 25 to 50. Photograph: Action Press/Georges Schneider/Rex/Shutterstock

Austria has lifted its “lockdown of the unvaccinated”, Switzerland is gearing up for a “turbo” reopening and Germany’s finance minister has demanded an end date for Covid curbs as more countries prepare to ease pandemic controls.

It follows the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and France, who last week began to take steps to return to a semblance of normal life, with the Danish government declaring Covid-19 “should no longer be categorised as a socially critical disease” after 31 January.

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