Coronavirus: Austria enters nationwide lockdown
By DW
22 November 2021 |
1:12 pm
Austrians went back into lockdown after fierce protests over the weekend, for a period of at least 10 days and potentially 20. Elswhere, German logged its highest seven-day incidence of the pandemic. DW has the latest.
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