BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister yesterday decried calls from the main opposition party to suspend the implementation of a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health workers, saying this would send a dangerous signal that authorities are caving to anti-vaccine protests.
Parliament in December approved the legislation that will require staff at hospitals and nursing homes to get immunised against the coronavirus, with the main centre-right opposition Union bloc among those supporting it.
Under the new law, those workers will need to show they are fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 by mid-March.
But in recent weeks, some local officials have complained that they lack the resources to implement it and the rules are unclear.
