A fourth wave of Covid-19 infections is barrelling across continental Europe, forcing governments to take drastic measures to contain the virus’s spread and stop hospitals from being overwhelmed. Germany, like some of its neighbours, is restricting access to public places for the unvaccinated. On Friday, the Austrian government took the most severe steps of all: it ordered a three-week national lockdown and said that from February vaccination would become compulsory, a first for any advanced economy.
第四波新型冠狀病毒肺炎(COVID-19,即2019冠狀病毒病)感染正在歐洲大陸蔓延,迫使各國政府採取嚴厲措施以遏制病毒傳播,防止醫院不堪重負。德國與一些鄰國一樣,限制未接種疫苗的人進入公共場所。上週五,奧地利政府出臺最嚴厲的措施:它下令進入爲期三週的全國封鎖,並表示將從明年2月起強制接種疫苗,此舉對發達經濟體而言是沒有先例的。