The federal government is postponing its goal of achieving a rate of 80 percent for initial vaccinations.

Now this quota should be reached by the end of January if possible, said a government spokesman for "Bild am Sonntag".

January 7th had previously been mentioned.

On this day, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) wants to discuss the fight against the corona pandemic with the state ministers for the next time.

61.4 million people in Germany are currently vaccinated at least once, which makes up 73.8 percent of the total population.

Around five million more people would have to receive an initial vaccination for the goal.

Compulsory vaccination in January in Parliament

A compulsory vaccination for everyone should be on the agenda in parliament in the first week of session of the new year.

According to SPD parliamentary deputy Dirk Wiese, there will be “a first debate on compulsory vaccination” in the Bundestag at the beginning of January.

The first week of the meeting begins on January 10th.

For a legally secure regulation some "not easy questions in detail", said Wiese of the "Bild am Sonntag".

This applies in particular to the question of when someone legally loses his vaccination status and a refresher is necessary.

CSU boss Markus Söder told “Welt am Sonntag” that compulsory vaccinations would rather overcome the division in society than deepen it.

"Many people would find that it is not so bad to be vaccinated - on the contrary, it even protects and gives freedom," explained the Bavarian Prime Minister.

He added, "Second, imprisonment really helps some save face."

Holiday numbers subject to change

With a view to the currently reported figures, the RKI points out that less test and reporting activity can be expected during the holidays and at the turn of the year.

Therefore, the officially reported number of cases could only show an incomplete picture of the corona situation in Germany.

The nationwide seven-day incidence has therefore decreased again compared to the previous day.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the value of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants and week on Sunday morning as 220.7.

For comparison: the previous day the value was 242.9.

A week ago the nationwide incidence was 315.4, a month ago 340.7).

The health authorities in Germany reported 10,100 new corona infections to the RKI within one day.

According to the new information, 88 deaths were recorded across Germany within 24 hours.

A week ago there were 180 deaths.

The number of people who died with or with a proven infection with the Sars-CoV-2 virus rose to 110,364.

The number of corona patients admitted to clinics per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days was given by the RKI on Friday as 4.55 (Thursday with 4.55).

The RKI has counted 6,991,381 detected infections with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The actual total number is likely to be significantly higher, as many infections are not detected. The RKI stated the number of people recovered at 6,113,500 on Sunday.