(ANSA-AFP) - VIENNA, 31 OTT - Austria's government announced Saturday a second mass shutdown and a curfew starting next week until the end of November, in an attempt to halt rocketing coronavirus infection numbers. "From midnight on Tuesday until the end of November there will be a second lockdown," Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told a press conference. A curfew between 8pm and 6am will also come into force. "All events will not be possible.

This will affect the sports, cultural and leisure sectors.

Hotels will have to close with the exception of work travel and we must also close restaurants and cafes, with the exception of delivery and takeaway services," Kurz said. However, unlike the first lockdown in the spring, shops will remain open.

(ANSA-AFP).