“The situation is serious and the burden on sanitary facilities is already partially at the limit,” he said and spoke of the the need for “a national act of solidarity” to reduce the number of infections and the pressure on the health system.
It was also confirmed that a draft law on compulsory vaccination, to which Scholz is favorable, and which will be presented to Parliament for entry into force in February or March.
The Social Democrat expressed his satisfaction with the decision to open a parliamentary debate on the requirement for an anti-Covid vaccine and said he was very sure that the measure will be supported and approved.
Although the situation in Germany has improved somewhat in recent days, the authorities consider that it is still alarming, with tens of thousands of infections daily and numerous hospitals collapsed and others close to saturation.
The German body for the fight against infectious diseases, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), notified this Thursday 73,209 new infections in the last 24 hours, the German news agency DPA reported.
This is the second time that Germany has exceeded 70,000 infections a day. The previous one was last week, when authorities announced a record 75,961.
The RKI said that in the last day there were 388 deaths from coronavirus, bringing the total to 102,178.
71.4% of the population of Germany (59.4 million people) was vaccinated, 68.6% (57.0 million) with the full schedule, while 12.5% (10.4 million) have already received a booster dose.
The context for advancing in the fight against the pandemic is complicated by the current transition period in Germany, between the departure of Merkel and the entry of Scholz, whose parliamentary ratification will not be given until next week.
Public opinion evolved significantly on the mandatory nature of vaccination. Last summer, two-thirds of Germans were against mandatory vaccines, now 64% are in favor, according to polls by the television channels RTL and n-tv.
On the other hand, a long-awaited ruling by the Constitutional Court, on Tuesday, rejected complaints against the national restrictions imposed by federal legislation earlier this year, which constitutes a kind of endorsement for this and other future decisions of the new chancellor.
Pending an eventual approval of the mandatory vaccination, Germany must adopt other restrictions to contain the infections.
Some states had already tightened access limitations for the unvaccinated.
Source From: Ambito
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