In view of the declining willingness to vaccinate in Germany, politicians and health experts are discussing suitable measures to increase the vaccination rate. The Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock now told the Berliner Tagesspiegel that she considers disadvantages for unvaccinated people to be legitimate. "If everyone has received a vaccination offer, it cannot be ruled out that people who have been vaccinated can do more things than those who cannot be vaccinated despite the possibility," said the Greens' co-boss. "It cannot be the case that everyone's freedoms are restricted because some of them do not want to be vaccinated."

According to the paper, Baerbock left open how she feels about a possible vaccination requirement, despite inquiries.

However, the Green politician appealed to adults to be vaccinated and called for the vaccination campaign to be promoted: "Now that the rate of vaccination is slowing, we have to step up our efforts."

Unvaccinated people would have to be contacted directly and convinced on site of a vaccination against the coronavirus, said Baerbock.

"With mobile vaccination teams and vaccination offers directly in district centers and universities, on marketplaces and in front of supermarkets, we can best reach indecisive people." Baerbock called on the federal and state governments to secure the financing of the mobile vaccination teams "immediately".

Meanwhile, before the beginning of the school year, paediatricians demanded a clear corona vaccination recommendation from the Standing Vaccination Commission for children aged 12 and over. "We expect the Stiko to express itself again and as soon as possible," said the president of the professional association of paediatricians, Thomas Fischbach, on Saturday of the "Ärzte Zeitung". "Parents need a clear perspective on what happens next and if they should have their child vaccinated," he added. There are now numerous studies that rate the vaccination positively. Fischbach referred to the Corona advisor to the Israeli government and head of the largest children's clinic in the country Itai Pessach. He had "emphasized that the approved vaccines for children aged 12 and over are safe and well tolerated".

Fischbach demanded that there should not be a new lockdown for children and young people.

“The schools and daycare centers have to open normally after the holidays.

There must not be a yo-yo effect again: open it, close it and start all over again.

The physical and mental collateral damage of further lockdown politics would be immense. "

For the opening of the schools, the head of the association demands the nationwide use of so-called lollipop pool tests.

“The advantage of the lollipop tests is that they are much more reliable than quick tests,” said Fischbach.

“The children also find the lollipop tests less stressful, it is almost playful.

Therefore, the method should be applied more broadly. "