Authorities in Austria said Tuesday that they are looking into reports of alleged queue-jumping, including by several mayors, in the government’s coronavirus vaccination …
Authorities in Austria said Tuesday that they are looking into reports of alleged queue-jumping, including by several mayors, in the government’s coronavirus vaccination programme. Under Austria’s phased vaccine rollout, priority has been given to residents and staff at elderly care homes, where vaccinations began earlier this month. But there has been widespread frustration at the perceived slow progress so far. According to the allegations, a number of elderly care homes across the country have administered shots to people not classed as priority, such as caregivers’ relatives, local politicians, and local municipal employees. The public prosecutor’s office of the Carinthia province said it was probing at least one case where the management of one elderly care home allegedly ordered excess vaccines to be given to people who were not yet eligible in return for a donation.
