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Meanwhile in Switzerland, a customer who refused to wear a mask
has been banned for five years from the Migros supermarket
chain.
Coronavirus fatigue is rising in both countries with protests
taking place against restrictions which have seen shops and
restaurants closed, and mandatory mask wearing introduced.
One teacher in each of the districts of Freistadt, Voecklabruck
and in the city of Wels in upper Austria were dismissed after
talks with the authorities failed to resolve the situation, the
paper said.
"There were many efforts to convince him to comply with the
applicable hygiene and preventive measures - but they were all
in vain," the education directorate told the newspaper about the
Freistadt teacher.
Three other teachers in Freistadt, Braunau and Steyr, were
persuaded the wear the masks, and have kept their jobs, the
newspaper said.
Since January 25, Austria has tightened its rules to require
FFP2 masks - which filter particles - be worn where previously
cotton masks were suitable.
In Switzerland, where mask wearing is compulsory indoors, a
self-proclaimed 'coronavirus rebel' tried to enter a supermarket
in Lucerne without wearing a mask.
He repeatedly refused to wear a mask, and was eventually
arrested by the police. The man, who has not been named, has
also been banned from Migros-owned shops like SportXX and Micasa
furniture stores.
"If a customer shows himself unreasonable, becomes abusive,
threatens and disrupts operations, Migros Lucerne reserves the
right to issue a ban," a spokesperson told Swiss newspaper 20
Minutes.
(Reporting by John Revill; Editing by Christina Fincher)
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