Germans, Austrians line up for shots as COVID cases soar across Europe

FILE PHOTO: A police officer checks the vaccination status of a shopper at the entrance of a store after the Austrian government imposed a lockdown on the roughly two million people who are not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Vienna, Austria, November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

BERLIN/VIENNA (Reuters) -Germans and Austrians are rushing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as infections soar across Europe and governments impose restrictions on the unvaccinated, figures showed on Wednesday.

Germany and Austria have among the lowest rates of vaccination in western Europe and are now the epicentre of a