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The German government has stepped up its rhetoric in favor of mandatory coronavirus vaccination in the last two days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has described compulsory vaccination as “the safest and fastest way to end the pandemic” during a speech to the Bundestag.<\/p>\n
Lauterbach, also a qualified physician, said that “with most of the vaccinated population, we can expect to avoid serious cases, just like newer variants of the coronavirus.”<\/p>\n
The government has set a target of 80 per cent of the population vaccinated with two doses of the vaccine by the end of the month.<\/p>\n
Obliging to vaccinate could help protect people against the most dangerous variants that can be identified, Lauterbach said.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Parliament that he supports mandatory vaccination for all citizens over 18 years of age.<\/p>\n
However, some of the coalition partners, especially the Free Democrats, are still unconvinced.<\/p>\n
On January 12, German authorities delivered about 780,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine, or 66,000 more than on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Most of them were booster doses, which were taken by 37.5 million people, or 45.1 percent of the population.<\/p>\n
The number of people vaccinated with two doses has gone up to 72.3 percent, according to data from the Institute, Robert Koch.<\/p>\n
This Institute has reported 81,417 cases of coronavirus infection within 24 hours, or 17,000 more than a week ago.<\/p>\n
The hospitalization rate remains stable.\/REL<\/p>\n
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