Compulsory vaccination against Covid could enter in force in Germany on October 1st. This was stated by the liberal deputy Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann in an interview with the magazines of the Funke group, in view of the debate in parliament. “Our goal is to approve the law in the Bundestag on the second fortnight of March”, then it will take a few months to allow vaccinations and “the obligation should come into force on October 1, explained the liberal exponent, underlining that the obligation will apply to those over 18 years of age and will require three doses.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in favor of the obligation but did not want to present a government bill, to leave a greater possibility of debate in parliament in the face of the different sensitivities of the three parties (social democratic, green and liberal) of the coalition. According to the project carried out by Strack-Zimmermann and other deputies of the governing parties, the obligation will follow a precise path.
The various mutual societies will inform their clients and check their vaccination status. Subsequently, the mutual societies will report the unvaccinated to the municipalities. The latter will be offered the opportunity to be vaccinated within four weeks, under penalty of payment of a fine, which can be repeated. Thus it is hoped to achieve basic immunity “in time for the coming winter”.
Within the coalition, the Liberal Party (Fdp) is the least convinced about the vaccination requirement. Its health manager, Andrew Ullman, suggests mandatory medical advice to try and persuade those who are not vaccinated. If the desired vaccination ceiling is not reached, the obligation could be triggered, but only from the age of 50.
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