The federal government and the federal states agreed on this in their video conference on Tuesday, the dpa learned from the federal and state sides. According to this, private get-togethers of vaccinated and convalescent people should only be allowed “at the latest” from December 28th with a maximum of ten people – with the exception of children.
Preparations for mandatory vaccination
The point is only one of many, the agreement on the entire paper was still pending Tuesday evening. The states asked the Bundestag and the federal government to speed up the preparations for a general vaccination requirement and to “present a schedule at short notice”. The occurrence of the Omikron virus variant increases the “urgency” of the introduction of a general vaccination requirement, which is being considered for February 2022, according to the federal states’ proposed resolution.
Critique of RKI communication
Meanwhile, in the federal-state circuit for there was criticism of the communication of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). Shortly before the deliberations, the authority had demanded immediate maximum contact restrictions due to the Omikron danger. SPD health minister Karl Lauterbach said on the circuit that there was no scientific censorship, but that the publication was “not coordinated”, the participants learned. That shouldn’t happen.
Source: Nachrichten
