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A large majority of Germans for a lockdown and compulsory vaccination

(GermanPolicy.com) – According to a Forsa survey, 65 percent of people in Germany are in favor of a lockdown with the closure of shops, clubs, and leisure facilities, exit and contact restrictions, as well as a ban on larger events. Even if the number of…

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Highest court judges the Federal Emergency Brake to be constitutional

(GermanPolicy.com) – The Corona emergency brake with exit and contact restrictions was proportionate in view of the dangerous situation in Germany, the Federal Constitutional Court announced in a judgment. The judges do not deny that the measures against the Corona pandemic had significantly interfered with…

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Merkel and numerous prime ministers for compulsory vaccination

(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has described the current pandemic situation as “highly dramatic”. The current measures against Covid-19 are not sufficient; one reaches the limits of the ability to act if the 2G rule should not be sharpened. Government spokesman Seibert has meanwhile emphasized…

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A new German law against the Covid-19 pandemic

(GermanPolicy.com) – The German Bundestag has passed new regulations to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Among other things, after approval by the Federal Council, 3G regulations will come into force in the workplace – with the obligation to present negative tests for those who have neither…

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Heil: risk of loss of wages if vaccination is lacking

(GermanPolicy) – Hubertus Heil (SPD), the acting Federal Minister of Labor, has announced that after the new Covid-19 rules have passed the Bundestag and Bundesrat, people who have not been vaccinated are at risk of losing wages if they do not submit up-to-date and negative…

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Vaccinations to be compulsory in nursing professions

(GermanPolicy.com) – A vaccination obligation for employees in the healing and nursing professions should apply in the future with a view on the Covid-19 pandemic. This was announced by the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU). Hospital employees and integration assistance facilities will also…

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Merkel supports free citizen tests

(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Government has confirmed that it will support the reintroduction of free corona tests which the SPD, FDP and Greens want to implement. With a view to the currently rampant fourth wave of infections, this is the right step, which Chancellor Merkel…

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New nationwide Corona rules planned

(GermanPolicy.com) – The traffic light parties – SPD, Greens and FDP – have presented a draft law. According to the draft, a distance requirement, a mask requirement and 3G should be introduced for workplaces and events. The regulations – valid until March 19 – are…

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Demand for vaccines growing in Saxony and Baden-Württemberg

(GermanPolicy.com) – The willingness to vaccinate against the Coronavirus is growing in some Federal States. The mobile vaccination teams in Saxony are at the limit. In Baden-Württemberg, too, the demand for vaccinations has grown in the last four weeks.

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Corona rules strengthened in several German states

(GermanPolicy.com) – Several Federal States have rendered the measures against Corona infections stricter. In Bavaria, the protective measures against the Coronavirus are being strengthened. From now on, the 3G rule will apply in the workplace. Unvaccinated people who have not had Corona disease must be…

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FDP against compulsory vaccination

(GermanPolicy.com) – Volker Wissing (FDP) has spoken out against mandatory vaccination. “There will be no compulsory vaccination with the FDP, neither for the entire population nor in certain professions. I consider that debate a dangerous one,” said the FDP general secretary, according to a media…

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Drosten for more responsibility in journalism

(GermanPolicy.com) – At the ceremony to award the Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Prize, virologist Christian Drosten called on journalism to undertake a necessary “reflection” with regard to the Corona pandemic. There is an immense responsibility with the media, because they reflect the reality of the people…

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