Unvaccinated people will no longer receive wages in North Rhine-Westphalia if they have to be quarantined. The state decided on Friday. But there are exceptions.
Munich – No more wages paid for unvaccinated people in quarantine in NRW: North Rhine-Westphalia is the third German * federal state to want to abolish this. The regulation expires on October 11, according to Health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU *) on Friday. There is still an exception for people who cannot be vaccinated because they cannot get it for health reasons.
SPD * health expert Karl Lauterbach warned the federal states about this step: “Usually I am always in favor of stricter measures when it comes to protection against Corona *. In this case, however, the shot could backfire, ”explained the health expert to the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND).
Coronavirus: Karl Lauterbach criticizes the idea of stopping wages for unvaccinated people
Lauterbach continues: “The idea that unvaccinated people first pay for their corona rapid test themselves, then do a PCR test and then go into unpaid quarantine is too good to be true.” Lauterbach pointed to the USA * as a bad example there – there is no paid quarantine for anyone. “The sick people try to get through this way. This harbors two risks: You can infect others and there is also a threat to health if a corona disease is dragged on. “
Criticism of the plans of some federal states also came from the unions. “I doubt that the constant increase in pressure on unvaccinated people will increase their willingness to vaccinate,” said the NRW head of IG Metall, Knut Giesler, of the “Rheinische Post”. Above all, this leads to conflicts in the companies.
But there are also many voices for the step: Bavaria’s Minister of Health Klaus Holetschek (CSU) told the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (Friday edition) that anyone who does not get vaccinated, although there are no health reasons against it, has no right to reimbursement in his view Loss of earnings. Then it could “not be that the community has to pay for it”.
Stop paying wages: Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate have already taken the step
In Baden-Württemberg, the end of continued wages for unvaccinated people from September 15, according to the information, has already been decided, Rhineland-Palatinate will follow suit on October 1. There are also considerations in this direction in Hesse and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Lower Saxony is also about to take the step: Health Minister Daniela Berens (SPD) told the “SZ” that her department would consider suspending payments from mid-October, after all, by then “everyone would have received a vaccination offer”.
In Berlin, however, the state government apparently has no intention of canceling payments for unvaccinated people, according to the report. Also in Hamburg it was said that there are currently no plans in this direction. (cg with dpa) – * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
The Standing Vaccination Commission has issued its recommendation for pregnant and breastfeeding women: It also recommends a corona vaccination for them.
