Austria plans 'mass tests' to help exit virus lockdown

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Austria is planning “mass testing” for coronavirus to help a chart a way out of the second lockdown coming into force next week, AFP reported while quoting Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.

Referring to a controversial mass testing programme in neighbouring Slovakia, Kurz told public broadcaster ORF that “we have decided here in Austria [...] to take a similar step”.

People walk past stores before the Austrian government is due to announce a lockdown including the closure of all non-essential shops, as the spread of Covid-19 continues, in Vienna, Austria on November 14, 2020. — Reuters
People walk past stores before the Austrian government is due to announce a lockdown including the closure of all non-essential shops, as the spread of Covid-19 continues, in Vienna, Austria on November 14, 2020. — Reuters

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