Austria targets hard-hit area with shots to battle variant
(World News Science)

BERLIN (AP) — Austria embarked on an ambitious drive Thursday to inoculate residents of a district that has been particularly hard-hit by the virus variant first found in South Africa, a move that is part of a research project into vaccinations. Around 48,500 of the 64,000 people eligible for vaccinations in Tyrol province`s Schwaz district have signed up to get shots and the goal is to have them all done by Monday, Schwaz Mayor Hand Lintner told reporters. A second shot will be given four weeks later. The district, east of the provincial capital of Innsbruck...