Nearly a month after Austria started mass Covid-19 tests, the masses have stayed away.
Vienna denies the push has been a failure, but weak participation so far mirrors growing doubt in the population towards a looming vaccination program.
Out of a population of 8.8 million people, about two million have been tested to date – with the participation rate dropping as low as 14 per cent in the capital.
A month ago, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz unveiled the program, a nod to a similar one in neighboring Slovakia using fast PCR tests, as the best way to have “as safe a Christmas as possible”.
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