Vienna, Austria: As of 12 December, the nationwide lockdown in Austria end step-by-step. The infection rate has eased and allows regionally staggered openings. Travel to Austria for touristic purposes is possible again for vaccinated and recovered people.
Opening dates of all types of accommodation and restaurants/cafés/inns in the Austrian provinces:
from 12 December: Tirol, Vorarlberg, Burgenland
from 17 December: Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Lower Austria
from 20 December: Vienna
In Upper Austria, the lockdown will end on 17 December.
After the lockdown, the “2-G” rule applies again.
After Lockdown: That’s how the “2-G” rule works in Austria:
After the end of the current lockdown, the “2-G” rule (proof of full vaccination/past infection) will be in effect again in Austria, as well as FFP2 mask requirements in many areas. To keep locals and visitors safe, the following measures will be in place:
For hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, leisure centres, gyms, cultural institutions (cinemas, theatres etc.), Christmas markets, ski lifts/cable cars and body-related services (such as hairdressers) proof of full vaccination/recovery is mandatory (children under the age of 12 are exempt).
COVID tests (both PCR and antigen) are not valid as “entry tests”.
FFP2 masks are required in all public areas in enclosed spaces. In restaurants/cafés/inns, you have to wear an FFP2 mask when you are not seated at your table. In all types of accommodation, FFP2 masks are mandatory in public enclosed spaces.
Restaurants/cafés/inns have to close at 11 pm. Bars and clubs remain closed for the time being. Après-ski is not possible.
2-dose-vaccinations are valid for 270 days after the second dose. After that a booster jab is required. Attention: The 1-dose vaccine by Johnson & Johnson is only valid until 3 January 2022, afterwards a booster jab is needed for proof of full vaccination.
Children under 12 years are currently exempt from entry rules; for minors between 12 and 15 years, a solution is being worked on (Exemption: In Vienna, children from the age of 6 require an entry test).
Additional Measures in the Austrian Provinces
Children from the age of 6 require an entry test.
For children aged 6-11, a PCR-test no older than 72h or an antigen test no older than 48h is valid as an entry test.
For children aged 12-15, a PCR-test no older than 48h is valid as an entry test, if they are not vaccinated/recovered.
Partial lifting of restrictions
Restaurants and hotels will reopen on 20 December.
Bars and clubs will remain closed.
