Germany is struggling to make a vaccine against COVID mandatory

BERLIN (AP) — Legislators in Germany are considering mandating COVID-19 vaccines and newly confirmed cases have reached a record high.

But at the same time, some officials are in favor of easing social restrictions.

It was reported by a health agency in your country.

In the past 24 hours, 294,931 new cases have occurred. The total number of deaths has increased to 126,420 since the pandemic began, with another 278 deaths due to COVID, he added.

Most likely, the final decision on whether or not to make the vaccine mandatory will not be made for several weeks.

Opponents of the bill proposed making the vaccine mandatory only for people over 50 years of age, while others completely refused the vaccine.

Despite the fact that infection rates in Germany are higher than those of many neighboring countries, some officials voted in favor of a plan to allow some restrictions to expire on Sunday.

Finance Secretary Christian Lindner told ARD that “it is a step towards normality and, in my opinion, this is what we need.”

The government wants all 16 states in Germany to decide for themselves what restrictions they should maintain instead of dictating them at the national level.

Germany's pro-industry group BDI warned that applying a “generous” lifting of restrictions is not a good idea, saying this is irresponsible when considering the increase in infections.