The country aims to give the jab to about 80,000 more people by Wednesday, although several officials have warned in recent days that further restrictions may be needed to curb the pandemic. Restrictions in place since November include a night-time curfew, the closure of hotels and restaurants, a ban on all gatherings and remote learning in secondary schools.
Coronavirus digest: EU sends Austria extra vaccine doses
A severe outbreak of a more contagious variant has emerged in Austria s Tyrol state, prompting the EU to send extra doses of the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine. DW has the latest.
Austria is trying to quell an outbreak of the more contagious South African variant in Tyrol
Austria will be given an additional 100,000 BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine doses as part of an EU initiative to help quell an outbreak of the South African variant of the coronavirus in the western state of Tyrol. Our goal must be to extinguish as best we can this variant, which represents a threat for us, not only in Tyrol, but in all of Austria, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told a news conference.