From February onwards, Germany may compulsory vaccination, and strict additional restrictions also apply to people who have not been vaccinated. The country’s Angela Merkel, Has been announced.
Merkel and her successor Olaf Schultz met with 16 German national leaders on Thursday to take stricter measures to stop the rapidly spreading Covid case for emergency talks. She said the situation is “very serious” and needs to be taken. “National Unity Action”.
She said: “We understand that the situation is very serious. In addition to the measures that have been taken, we also hope to take further measures.” “To do this, the fourth wave must be broken, and this has not yet been achieved.”
She said that the German Parliament, the Bundestag, will be the first to Proposed vaccine mission, The country’s ethics committee will issue official guidelines at the end of the year, and the rules (if passed) will take effect in February.
This move will follow Neighboring Austria, It is planned to start mandatory vaccination in February.Greece also announced mandatory jabs for those over 60 years old, which People who have not been vaccinated face fines If they do not comply.
In recent weeks, the number of new daily infections in Germany has broken records. Many hospitals are operating at full capacity or overloaded, and are forced to send patients to other places for treatment. Authorities say 73,209 new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
Experts attribute the fourth wave of the epidemic to the country’s relatively low vaccination rate, about 68%. Compared with several other EU countries, Spain has fully vaccinated 79% of the population, and Portugal has vaccinated 86%. vaccine.