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On Saturday, Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler spoke about the past year, the first with a green government involvement at the federal level.
In an interview with Edgar Weinzettl, Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler took stock of Corona’s past year and dared to look to the future. He ruled out that there would be a mandatory vaccination by politicians in Austria. However, it is clear that vaccination is the key to gradually returning to social life.
Austria was eight months far below the European average in terms of death and infection numbers, Kogler emphasized. He did not want to go into the less favorable values of the last days and weeks, but asked that a conclusion be drawn after the end of the pandemic. When it comes to the regulations on free testing and the control of negative test results, it is not yet clear how accurately they will be seen. For the vice chancellor, however, it is clear that frequent population tests will mean that certain industries can open more quickly than with fewer tests.
When asked about a possible mandatory vaccination, the head of the Greens said that there will be no mandatory vaccination by the state. If you can only attend sporting or cultural events with a vaccine, “the organizers will have to respond,” Kogler said. The Sports Minister sees vaccines as the key to the old normality, “step by step, look at it.” The question of whether you have to be vaccinated for multiple visits to events is currently in the background. First of all, it is about being able to meet again and hug each other safely. A counterpart of the freest, but there will not be, Kogler stressed again.
