Austria extends lockdown as strain spreads

Updated January 18 2021 - 12:14am, first published 12:09am
Protesters marched against Austria's lockdown measures in Vienna on Saturday.
Protesters marched against Austria's lockdown measures in Vienna on Saturday.

Austria has extended its third COVID-19 lockdown into February, hoping to drive down infection rates amid an influx of variants that spread the coronavirus more easily.

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