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Germany agrees tougher curbs on unvaccinated to curb COVID surge


File photo shows a signpost directing people to a coronavirus immunization center in the German capital Berlin.

German leaders on Thursday agreed tough new curbs on the unvaccinated, with plans to shut them out of restaurants, sporting events and cultural shows as the country battles to halt a record rise in COVID infections.

With new cases soaring to an all-time high of 65,371, leaders of Germanys 16 states agreed after crisis talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel to require those not immunized to provide negative tests in order to use public transport or go to the office.

To protect the most vulnerable, they also agreed to introduce compulsory vaccination for healthcare workers and employees in elderly homes.

"We need to quickly put a brake on the exponential rise" in cases and intensive care bed occupancy, Merkel said, calling the situation "highly dramatic".

Unvaccinated people will be banned from certain public spaces in areas with a hospitalisation rate of more than three patients per 100,000 people over the past seven days.

Currently, all of Germanys 16 states except Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and Saarland have a rate above three.

The so-called "2G" rule -- allowing in only the vaccinated and the recovered -- will apply to large events as well as leisure and sports facilities.

Areas with a hospitalization rate of more than six will have to introduce a "2G plus" rule, where participants will need to be tested as well as vaccinated, and regions with a rate over nine will have to introduce extra measures such as contact restrictions.

Very difficult situation

"With the current dynamics, we are running into a very, very difficult situation, especially for all the people who work in hospitals and especially in intensive care," said Merkel.

The outgoing chancellor urged more Germans to get vaccinated, saying bluntly that "many measures that now have to be taken would not have been necessary if we had more vaccinated people".

The regional leaders also want the 2G rule applied to Bundesliga footballers.

Last month, Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich sparked a nationwide debate over vaccinations after admitting he had opted not to get the jab.

After a strong push in the spring, Germanys inoculation rate had stagnated over the summer to hover at just under 70 percent.

Despite infections soaring in recent weeks, politicians have been accused of inaction and of focusing their attention instead on negotiations to form Germanys next government after elections in September.

The political tangle was on full display earlier Thursday in the lower house of parliament when a heated row broke out as MPs were asked to vote on a bill providing the legal framework for Merkel and the regional leaders to deploy the new measures.

The three political parties in talks to form Germanys next government had drawn up a new draft law to replace ongoing legislation set to expire on November 25, passing it in the Bundestag where they have a majority.

But Merkels conservative CDU-CSU bloc says the new bill is weaker than the incumbent law, and has threatened to defeat it on Friday at the upper house of parliament -- something that could yet delay decisions taken by the regional leaders on Thursday.

RKI chief Lothar Wieler, one of the countrys top immunologists, has voiced frustration at the political stalemate.
"We dont have to keep inventing something new. All the ideas and prescriptions we need are available," he said.

"After 21 months, I simply cant stand it that what Im saying and what other colleagues are saying is still not being accepted," he added.

Wieler warned that the actual number of infections may be up to three times higher than official data indicate as many infections go undetected or untested.

"We are currently in a serious emergency. We will really have a very bad Christmas if we dont change course now," he said.

(Source: AFP)

 

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