There have been over 34,000 cases of measles in Europe in the first two months of 2019.
German Health Minister Jens Spahn is proposing fines for parents of school-age children who have not received measles vaccinations. By Emily Tamkin Emily Tamkin Reporter covering foreign affairs Email Bio Follow May 7 at 11:00 AM Jens Spahn, Germany’s minister of health, has submitted for the government’s consideration a bill that includes a fine of up to 2,500 euros, or roughly $2,800, for parents who don’t vaccinate their school-age children against measles.
The draft bill would bar very young children who have not been vaccinated from preschool, and with school mandatory for German children beginning at age 6, parents with unvaccinated children would be required to pay the fine. Spahn’s legislation is a national-level replication of ongoing local efforts: Last month, the northeastern state of Brandenburg became the first to introduce mandatory vaccinations for children attending kindergarten.
To Spahn, that’s an old debate that requires a new solution. “We have been having this debate every few months over the past 10, 20 years,” he told television broadcaster ZDF in an interview on Monday. “Whenever there is an outbreak and children or students have to be kept away from lessons, everyone says we could, we should do something — but not enough happens.”
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