Full lockdown, and we know the date of the decision on the Alternative Dutch 11-City Tour 2022
The tension around the 2022 Alternative Dutch 11-City Tour is rising, with lockdowns in Austria following one after another. The Dutch organisation behind this popular tour has now said when the decision will be taken.
Austria: lockdown, lockdown and lockdown again
Austria is scattering different versions of lockdown about in response to the many corona infections in the country. The delta variant of the coronavirus COVID-19 is hitting hard.
First came a ‘leisure lockdown’ for the unvaccinated. Then came a harder lockdown, still for the unvaccinated only. But that proved insufficient to slow the spread.
Chancellor Alexander Georg Nicolas Schallenberg is now announcing a full lockdown. So a lockdown that applies to the vaccinated as well. It takes effect from this coming Monday.
Only supermarkets, pharmacies and chemists may stay open. Residents may only leave the house for those, for work and for exercise. A visit to the doctor is permitted as well.
A maximum of 20 days of lockdown: no problem for the 2022 tour?
Austria is also going for compulsory vaccination, from 1 February next year at the latest. The current lockdown lasts at least 10 days. After that there will be a review.
An extension to 20 days is quite possible. That is also the maximum, says de NOS: ‘After 12 December the lockdown for the unvaccinated will remain in place.’ So what does this mean for the 2022 Alternative Dutch 11-City Tour?
“Both the organisation and the Weissensee municipality have made all the preparations”, as reports the organisation put it Weissensee Alternative Dutch 11-City Tour on social channels.
“All we can do is wait and see whether the measures taken have the intended effect.”
The date of the decision is known
The organisation has consulted in Austria with the regional authorities, the Bezirkshauptmannschaft Spittal an der Drau and the Weissensee municipality.
- “On Thursday 16 December it will be decided whether the Weissensee Alternative Dutch 11-City Tour (#AEW22) can be organised safely and responsibly.”
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