A small cafeteria and organic food store in the Austrian town of

Strobl

, in the

Salzburg

region

, has established a new protocol as controversial as it is legal: only those who are not vaccinated against the

coronavirus will be served

.

The hotel and catering industry in Austria operate under the so-called

"3-G" rule,

whereby only people who can prove to be vaccinated, cured or who have recently undergone an antigen test or PCR can enjoy these services.

In the case of this small establishment on the shores of the touristy

Wolfgang Lake

, the norm becomes "2-G", requiring only a negative test or a certificate of having passed the disease.

Potential clients who show a vaccination certificate are rejected as part of the establishment's admission policy.

"One can only laugh at this decision and ask the citizens not to go there," Strobl mayor

Josef Weikinger

told Austrian public television.

The politician of

the Austrian People's Party

(

ÖVP

) acknowledged that, legally, they cannot do anything to change this admission protocol, so they prefer not to take it "so seriously as to treat it in depth."

Regional political and tourist authorities have also distanced themselves from the establishment's decision.

Rebound in infections

The reasons why this establishment has decided to act like this are still unknown, since, according to local media reports, the owner of the premises has decided not to make any statements in this regard.

As in other states of the

European Union

, the Alpine country has also experienced a rebound in infections this last month due to the expansion of the delta variant of covid-19.

This same Wednesday,

Austria

registered its highest number of positive cases since May, with 902 people infected and 1 deceased in the last 24 hours, raising the cumulative incidence of the last 7 days to 47 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

When it comes to vaccination, 53.9% of the Austrian population is fully vaccinated, while 59.5% have received at least one dose.

Vaccination figures have slowed down a lot in recent weeks due to doubts or open rejection of vaccines among broad sections of the population.

The far-right

FPÖ

party has

called several demonstrations in recent months against the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, and its parliamentarians, for example, have refused to wear masks in Parliament, as required by the rules.

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