Before the meeting of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the Prime Minister on Tuesday, at which the further course of action in the corona pandemic is to be discussed, the controversy about possible disadvantages for unvaccinated people continues. The SPD politician Karl Lauterbach told the Rheinische Post that in the event of high incidence values, unvaccinated people should be required to do PCR tests so that they can take part in events and go to restaurants. Lauterbach justified this with a high error rate in rapid antigen tests. He also said: "Due to the higher cost and time required for PCR tests, vaccination is the easier way."

The chairman of the World Medical Association, Frank Ulricht Montgomery, is of the opinion that unvaccinated people have to accept disadvantages. “The example of France shows how well it works. There you can no longer go to the restaurant or the cinema without a vaccination. You can only drive a car if you have a driver's license, ”said Montgomery to the Rheinische Post. Politicians must do everything possible to get those who have not been vaccinated to be vaccinated. "But there are no bonuses, free beer or free sausages, only rights for vaccinated people."

The reason for the renewed discussion about how to deal with unvaccinated people is a report by the Federal Ministry of Health, in which the Federal Ministry of Health made proposals a few days ago to keep a possible fourth corona wave flat.

Above all, possible restrictions for unvaccinated people aroused opposition.

For example, Jens Spahn's (CDU) ministry proposed an end to the free rapid tests in mid-October.

No rip-offs from vaccinated people

In this context, SPD leader Saskia Esken spoke out in favor of a price cap for corona tests: "The state must intervene to ensure that the unvaccinated people are not ripped off after the free tests have ended." In addition, Esken, vaccinated people, convalesced and treat the tested equally. "We in the SPD consider the so-called 3G rule for equal access for those who have been vaccinated, tested and recovered to be the right approach," she told the Rheinische Post.

Left parliamentary group leader Dietmar Bartsch criticized: "The proposals from the Ministry of Health poison the social climate and divide the country." Instead, the federal government should promote the vaccination campaign, introduce vaccinations into people's everyday lives through intelligent ways and "do not prepare a Corona two-class society" , he told the editorial network Germany.

The number of new infections every day has been increasing for a good month.

The seven-day incidence per 100,000 population has more than quadrupled during this time.

According to the Robert Koch Institute from Saturday morning, the value is currently 21.2.

According to this, 3,206 new infections and 24 other deaths related to the corona virus were recorded within 24 hours.

A week ago the incidence was 16.9.

At the same time, the vaccination campaign is flagging. Minister Spahn therefore called on Twitter again on Saturday to accept vaccination offers. On Friday there were almost 100,000 vaccinations, which is still too little to get through autumn and winter well protected. According to the Ministry of Health, 62.2 percent of the population have now been vaccinated at least once. Almost 54.1 percent now have complete vaccination protection with the second injection, which is usually necessary.