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Austria will impose criminal fines of up to €3,600 on anyone over the age of 14 who refuses to be vaccinated, the government said on Thursday, under plans to make injections against coronavirus compulsory from February onwards.
奥地利政府周四表示，奥地利将对14岁以上拒绝接种疫苗者处以最高3600欧元的刑事罚款。奥地利计划从明年2月起强制接种新冠疫苗。
The move comes amid a shift across much of Europe towards increasingly harsh measures to crack down on vaccine hesitancy, as Covid cases surge and the emergence of the Omicron variant threatens to derail recovery plans.
这一举措出台之际，欧洲许多国家正转向采取越来越严厉的措施，打击疫苗犹豫。当前新冠病例正在激增，Omicron变种的出现可能会破坏复苏计划。
“I know that some are uncertain and angry,” said Edtstadler, describing the law as “the last resort.” But, she said, “in order to be able to live in freedom again, there is no other way but with this vaccine. There is a common enemy, and that is the virus.”
“我知道有些人感到不确定，也很愤怒，”宪法部长埃德施塔德勒表示，她把这项法律描述为“最后的手段”。但是，她说，“为了能够再次生活在自由中，除了疫苗没有别的办法。我们有一个共同的敌人，那就是病毒。”