BERLIN, April 7 — Germany’s lower house of parliament today voted against a law compelling anyone over 60 years of age to get a vaccination against Covid-19 in a defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Germany’s vaccination campaign is faltering with around 76.6 per cent of Germany’s population...
BERLIN, April 7 — Germany’s lower house of parliament today voted against a law compelling anyone over 60 years of age to get a vaccination against Covid-19 in a defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
In an attempt to avoid another wave of the virus in the autumn, the cross-party proposal required citizens aged 60 and over to be vaccinated from October 15. However, the defeat is a setback for Scholz who had even summoned his foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, to leave a Nato meeting in Brussels to return for the vote.
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