The fight against Corona goes into the next round. When Angela Merkel and Jens Spahn visit the Robert Koch Institute, the Chancellor ruled out mandatory vaccinations.
Berlin – Angela Merkel categorically rules out compulsory vaccinations, as has just been decided in France for certain professional groups. “We do not intend to follow the path proposed by France,” said the outgoing Chancellor during her visit on Tuesday. July 13, 2021, at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
While Great Britain blows almost all corona measures to the wind on July 19, Catalonia including Barcelona closes beaches and bars due to the incidence and Greece decides on a dance ban for holidaymakers, Chancellor Merkel continues to rely on voluntary vaccination against Covid-19 in this country. Despite a slight increase in new infections in connection with Covid-Sars-2 in the Federal Republic and German vacationers who are vacationing in the corona-stricken countries of southern Europe.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) visiting the RKI: “There will be no compulsory vaccination”
“We said there would be no compulsory vaccination,” declared Chancellor Angela Merkel after her conversation with Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) and the President of the Robert Koch Institute, Lothar Wieler, in Berlin. They do not believe that changing this statement can gain confidence. You can win that by promoting vaccination.
Some people may find a vaccination superfluous or threatening, the Chancellor said and emphasized again: “And that’s why I tell everyone who is still unsure whether they should be vaccinated: A vaccination not only protects you, but also someone, who you are close to, who is important to you, who you love. “
Merkel at press conference at RKI: Chancellor promotes vaccination
A vaccination not only protects against serious illness, but also from the stressful restrictions of everyday life. “The more we are vaccinated, the freer we will be again, the freer we can live again.”
Merkel and Spahn had previously consulted with Wieler when they visited the RKI. The Robert Koch Institute only recommended a change in corona policy on Monday in order to no longer see incidence as the only factor in the assessment of the pandemic situation.
According to consistent media reports, the subject of the conversation was the influence of vaccinations on the course of the pandemic. The background to this is the increasing number of infections caused by the delta variant of the corona virus, so that there is no slowing down of the easing due to the corona events, as in the Netherlands. * Kreiszeitung.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
List of rubric lists: © Michael Kappeler / dpa
