In Germany, at least for the time being, there will be no compulsory corona vaccination for all adults.
The parliamentary advocates of general vaccination from the age of 18 put the project on hold on Monday due to a lack of prospects of success, as the initiators of the Bundestag application announced.
Instead, there should now be compulsory vaccination for people over the age of 50, explained Green MP Till Steffen.
According to the new bill, all citizens between the ages of 18 and 49 should undergo mandatory vaccination advice.
Applicants also expressly keep open the option of later extending compulsory vaccination to all adults if necessary.
In addition, the preparation of a vaccination register is planned, as is particularly required by the Union.
Majority in the Bundestag uncertain
The SPD MP Dagmar Schmidt admitted that efforts to find a compromise between the advocates of compulsory vaccination from 18 on the one hand and the Union, which only wants to take a precautionary decision for a possible later vaccination requirement, and a third group that wants to prepare compulsory vaccination from 50, had failed.
If it stays that way, the new application should now be put to the vote in the Bundestag instead of the application for general vaccination, said Schmidt.
However, a majority for it is still uncertain.