In view of the low willingness to vaccinate among nursing staff in old people's and nursing homes, Markus Söder brings a vaccination requirement into play and is faced with powerful headwinds.
Retirement and nursing homes are particularly affected by the coronavirus *.
Markus Söder is now considering compulsory vaccination for employees in such facilities.
A meeting of the Bavarian Cabinet will also take place in Munich today (January 12).
Here you will find the current case numbers in the Free State on a map *.
This news ticker is updated regularly.
Munich
- For months all of Germany was hoping for a
vaccine
against the
corona virus *
.
And for months, politicians and experts kept promising that if the
vaccine was
there, there would be no
compulsory vaccination
.
For a little over two weeks now there has been the way out of the corona embrace and already the promises - at least some politicians - seem to be yesterday's news.
Bavaria's Prime Minister
Markus Söder
(CSU) is now
actively calling for
a debate on the
compulsory vaccination
for nursing staff in old people's and nursing homes.
However, his approach does not meet with much approval from other politicians.
Corona in Bavaria: Söder demands special protection for old people's and nursing homes
In the
ZDF
morning magazine,
Söder
said
on Tuesday morning: “We have to consider whether we should increase the protection for the particularly highly sensitive areas, that is the old people's and nursing homes.” The country manager had heard that there were particularly few employees in such facilities want to get vaccinated.
Therefore, "the German Ethics Council should deal with it", said
Söder
.
The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) calls again for a debate about a mandatory vaccination for care workers in old people's and nursing homes.
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- ZDF Morgenmagazin (@morgenmagazin) January 12, 2021
The
compulsory vaccination
of certain professional groups against measles
also flowed into his considerations
.
"If you compare measles with corona, the danger and importance of corona is of course much higher," he said.
There had to be a social debate on this topic.
At the same time, he wants to run a
vaccination campaign
that is intended to increase the willingness to have a corona vaccination *.
The rest of the population need not worry.
"There
will and should not be
a general
compulsory vaccination
," emphasized
Söder
.
Corona virus in Bavaria: Federal Minister of Labor Heil expresses criticism of Söder's initiative
Reactions to the advance of the Bavarian state chief followed promptly.
Federal Labor
Minister Hubertus Heil
(SPD) rejects
compulsory vaccination
for nursing staff.
“It is
forbidden to speculate
about
compulsory vaccination
at the
moment
,” said Heil on Tuesday morning in the
RTL
and
ntv
program “Frühstart”
.
Heil
wants to focus more on education.
You have to advertise it to nurses and doctors.
“Above all, I want
vaccination acceptance
.
The task now is to educate people that vaccination is important, ”said the Minister of Labor.
The chief executive of the German Association of Cities,
Helmut Dedy
, also considers a debate about a possible
vaccination requirement
to be premature.
He could understand the idea that
Söder is
pursuing, especially since the
willingness to vaccinate
in some care facilities is only 30 percent.
But: "I still believe that the thought comes at the wrong time," he said in an interview with
SWR2
.
For
Dedy
, not all possibilities have been exhausted.
More persuasion needs to be done.
“And now to say we can't convince you, so we'll force you - that comes a little early on me.
I'm afraid the story can backfire too. "
Corona in Bavaria: A cabinet meeting is taking place in Munich under the direction of Markus Söder
Today, Tuesday (January 12),
Söder is meeting
with his ministers for a virtual cabinet meeting.
One topic there could also be a possible
vaccination requirement
for nurses.
But maybe it's also about how things will go with schools and daycare centers.
They have been closed since the tightening of the lockdown * last week until the end of January.
At 1 p.m.,
Söder
will
appear in front of the cameras
together with the Bavarian Education Minister
Michael Piazolo
(Free Voters) and Health Minister
Klaus Holetschek
.
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