Bavaria, together with Hesse and Baden-Württemberg, wants to start a new attempt for compulsory corona vaccination for people over 60 years of age. The Bavarian Minister of Health Klaus Holetschek (CSU) told the editorial network Germany (RND) that he wanted to campaign for this at the conference of health ministers next week.
“I still regret that the Bundestag could not agree on compulsory vaccination,” said Holetschek. Appeals to vaccinate are important. “But ultimately, compulsory vaccination is the faster way out of the pandemic.”
No trust in the RKI? Renewed demand for vaccination register
A vaccination register is also urgently needed. “We urgently need a vaccination register so that we know how many people are really vaccinated,” said Holetschek. There are official vaccination statistics according to which almost 76 percent of all people in Germany are basic immunized. “And then the RKI comes along and says: We did a survey there. The vaccination rate is probably around five percent higher. This can not be.”
A cross-party draft for a general obligation to vaccinate, initially from the age of 60, clearly failed in the Bundestag at the beginning of April. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) then made it clear that he saw no basis for a renewed attempt.
