The Federal Constitutional Court has rejected an urgent application for facility-related vaccination requirements.

This allows the legal project to be carried out for the time being.

The First Senate responsible for the complex under Court President Stephan Harbarth has not yet comprehensively examined the vaccination requirement, which is to apply from mid-March.

That only happens in the main proceedings, which should also be treated with high priority.

In summary proceedings, the judges first weigh up the consequences.

They examine what would have the worse consequences: if they let everything run its course, although the constitutional complaint would be justified - or if they override a provision that later turns out to be constitutional.

So it's about a provision for the meantime, until the actual decision is made.

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.

The judges chose a model case for their decision.

The federal government considers the legal intervention in physical integrity to be justified.

Some of those who are particularly at risk could not protect themselves from infection.

The people around them therefore have a special responsibility.