In Slovakia and the Czech Republic, a lockdown was introduced for citizens unvaccinated from coronavirus

“This must be done in order to reduce the burden on health care, as the number of hospitalized with COVID-19 is growing,” said Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger, explaining this decision of the authorities.

He also recommended that citizens be vaccinated against the new coronavirus infection.

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 Only those vaccinated or those who have been ill with COVID-19 will have access to

restaurants, museums, service providers and other public places (from November 22 -

," Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babish quoted TASS as saying.

In his opinion, the lockdown for the unvaccinated and those who have not had the coronavirus should last until the end of February next year.

Earlier, Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said that a lockdown will be introduced in the country from November 15 for those who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 or have not had the coronavirus.

In July, Vitaly Zverev, microbiologist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, scientific director of the Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums, in an interview with URA.RU, emphasized the importance of achieving population immunity to coronavirus in the world.