Vaccination uptake levels in Austria are among the worst in western Europe. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. A brothel in Vienna is providing COVID vaccinations and giving those who take up the offer vouchers for a free visit. Fun Palast is hoping to increase vaccination rates, as well as client numbers which have dropped because of the pandemic, according to Mail Online. In exchange for a jab, visitors get a free minute session in a "sauna club" with the "lady of their choice".
Vaccination uptake levels in Austria are among the worst in western Europe leading the government to introduce tighter restrictions.
The "2G" rule, which requires proof of full vaccination or recovery from coronavirus , will also be in place for hotel and cinema visits or events for more than 25 people. Hail damages cockpit windows and nose on Austrian Airlines flight from Majorca. Sunak and Austrian leader agree 'Rwanda style model' needed to tackle illegal migration in Europe.
There will be a four-week transition period in which a first vaccination plus a PCR test will grant admission to places where the unvaccinated will be banned. The new rules, announced on Friday, came as new daily infections reached their highest in nearly a year. The country reported 9, cases within a hour period on Saturday, surpassing the previous worst day of 13 November when 9, were recorded. A man named Gerhard who visited the brothel said: "I would have gotten vaccinated anyway but the 2G rule has certainly accelerated things a little.
One of the women who works at Fun Palast, who gave her name as Mina, said: "Well, I think it's a very good idea to have a vaccination street in the Fun Palast, because the name fun palace suggest to have a bit of fun here and return back to normality a bit more. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg has reportedly said that Austria's latest measures to tackle the spread of coronavirus will likely stay in force over Christmas and New Year.
