From a legal point of view, the compulsory corona vaccination for nursing and health staff can be implemented as planned from mid-March.

In summary proceedings, the Federal Constitutional Court refused to suspend the provisions for the time being.

Thursday's decision was published in Karlsruhe on Friday.

This means that the many constitutional complaints against the partial vaccination requirement have not yet been decided.

The comprehensive examination is still pending.

Most of the complaints came from unvaccinated employees and facility managers who want to continue to employ unvaccinated staff.

In summary proceedings, the judges only weighed the consequences.

They examined what would have the worse consequences: if they let everything go, although the lawsuits would be justified - or if they temporarily suspend the vaccination requirement and it later turns out to be constitutional.

This consideration was to the detriment of the plaintiffs.

"The very low probability of serious consequences of vaccination is offset by the significantly higher probability of damage to the life and limb of vulnerable people," the court said.

The obligation to vaccinate meets "at the time of this decision no far-reaching constitutional concerns".

However, the judges critically note that the law does not contain anything more specific about proof of vaccination and recovery.

Reference is only made to a regulation with further references to the websites of the Paul Ehrlich Institute and the Robert Koch Institute.

The so-called facility-related compulsory vaccination is intended to protect old and weak people who are at particularly high risk of becoming very seriously ill or dying from infection with the corona virus.

It applies to employees in nursing homes and clinics, but also, for example, in medical practices and outpatient services, for midwives, physiotherapists and masseurs.

They all have until March 15, 2022 to show they are fully vaccinated or have recently recovered.

New employees will need proof from March 16 from the outset.

There is an exception for people who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons.

If there is no proof, the health department must be informed in order to investigate the case.

It can then prohibit the person concerned from entering the facility or from continuing to work.

The adoption of compulsory vaccination in the Bundestag and Bundesrat in mid-December triggered a wave of lawsuits in Karlsruhe.

By February 3, 74 constitutional complaints had already been received from around 300 plaintiffs, many of them with urgent applications.