Germany: Merkel to Limit Large Parts of Public Life For Unvaccinated People
Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday announced large parts of public life will be limited for the unvaccinated.
Merkel said hospitals are overwhelmed with Covid patients because people are refusing to take the jab.
“Many of the measures that are now needed would not have been needed if more people were vaccinated. And it isn’t too late to get vaccinated now,” Merkel said, according to Reuters.
Merkel is also seeking to impose a vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
CNBC reported:
Several states and cities have already imposed more measures and have required the public to show Covid passes, which have an individual’s vaccination status or if they’ve just recovered from the virus (also widely known as “2G rules” as they refer to whether people are vaccinated — “geimpft” in German — or recovered,
