Austria announced Thursday that private indoor gatherings would be limited to 10 people in the battle to contain a second wave of coronavirus infections, according to AFP.

“From midnight on Monday ... all parties, private events and meetings indoors are limited to ten people,” Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told a press conference.

“We have an exponential rise in new infections in Austria,” he said, adding that the country was going through a second wave of the pandemic.

Funerals will be exempt from the new rules and the limit for outdoors will remain at 100, Kurz said, with further exemptions for some cultural events.

He admitted it would not be legally possible to enforce the new limit in people's homes but added that he hoped Austrians would follow the rule.

Also from Monday, cafe and restaurant customers will have to wear a mask whenever they're not at their tables.