Austria has become the first country in the EU to make vaccinations mandatory, from February.
Tens of thousands of people have staged a protest in Austria against measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, including mandatory vaccinations.
Last month Austria became the first western European country to reimpose a lockdown for those who are vaccinated, which ends on Sunday.The protesters, backed by the far-right Freedom Party, are against the government's decision to make Covid-19 jabs mandatory from February.
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