There is great concern about a fourth corona wave.
Vaccination is urgently recommended in the Chancellery - those who do not participate could soon feel it in everyday life.
Berlin - In view of the rapidly increasing corona numbers, a new discussion has flared up about restrictions for people without a vaccination.
If the new infections continue to increase, they would have to reduce their contacts again, said Chancellery Minister Helge Braun (CDU) of "Bild am Sonntag".
"This can also mean that certain offers such as restaurant, cinema and stadium visits would no longer be possible even for those who have not been vaccinated because the residual risk is too high," he warned.
CDU boss Armin Laschet stopped immediately: The proposal had to be discussed again.
Worry about increasing numbers
Braun expressed his concern about the increasing infections: "The number of new infections is increasing even faster than in the previous waves," he said and urged citizens to vaccinate.
There are two arguments for this: The vaccination protects 90 percent against severe corona disease.
"And: Vaccinated people will definitely have more freedom than unvaccinated people," said Braun.
On the other hand, Union Chancellor candidate Laschet emphasized in the ZDF summer interview: "I do not believe in mandatory vaccinations and also do not believe in indirectly putting pressure on people to be vaccinated." The principle that you are either vaccinated, tested or recovered must, to do certain things, be right. "In a free state there are freedom rights, not just for certain groups," Laschet emphasized.
The priority must be to convince as many citizens as possible of the vaccination.
“When we see in autumn that the vaccination rate is still far too low, I think, then we have to think further.
But not now, ”said the CDU chief.
SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich also criticized Braun.
"On the other hand, we will not change the vaccination behavior of individuals with threats," he told the editorial network in Germany.
Kretschmann considers mandatory vaccination to be conceivable
Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens), on the other hand, now considers compulsory vaccination to be conceivable - but not in the near future.
“I cannot rule out compulsory vaccination for all time,” he told the German Press Agency.
"It is possible that there will be variants that make this necessary."
The seven-day incidence in Germany has been rising continuously for two and a half weeks.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) from Sunday morning, it was last at 13.8.
Accordingly, the health authorities reported 1387 new corona infections to the RKI within one day - a week ago the value was 1292 infections.
Spahn warns of a high incidence in October
The number of infections is currently increasing by 60 percent every week, Braun said.
Unless the vaccination rate improves enormously or the behavior of citizens changes, there could be 100,000 new infections every day and an incidence of 850 at the end of September.
Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) had also warned of an incidence of 800 in October.
Experience has shown that many citizens are becoming more cautious when the number of infections increases.
The incidence has so far been the basis for many restrictions in the pandemic. At the moment, however, there is a discussion as to whether the limit values need to be changed in view of the increasing vaccination rate - that is, more infections can be accepted if people are less seriously ill on average.
The Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) advocated new criteria. The incidence says today "much less about the risk of illness and the possible burden on the health system than six months ago," she told the "Rheinische Post" (Saturday). It should be linked to the situation in the hospitals - with who will be admitted and who will have to go to an intensive care unit. Kretschmann pointed out that high numbers of infections are always risky. "The faster the virus circulates, the more often it will mutate," he said.
With a view to the Prime Minister's Conference, which may be brought forward, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) wants to speak to the Union-led countries quickly about his plans for a school vaccination program. "That's why I invited the prime ministers of the B-countries as a precaution to a switch this Tuesday," he told the "Augsburger Allgemeine" (Monday). "In addition, we urgently need a binding formula consisting of the incidence value, vaccination rate and occupied hospital beds in order to know from when measures must be taken - and what rights arise for those who have been vaccinated", Söder continued. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) announced on Thursday that the next prime ministerial conference on the corona pandemic, which was actually planned for the end of August, would be brought forward.
Every second person in Germany is fully vaccinated
Chancellery chief Braun does not think a new lockdown is necessary as long as the vaccines against the Delta variant help.
However, a high fourth wave would have an impact on companies due to massive quarantine.
"And for those who have not been vaccinated, there will have to be test obligations and, in the case of high numbers of infections, further tightening."
Bundestag Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP) told the newspapers of the Funke media group that this would be “the introduction of mandatory vaccinations through the back door” and clearly unconstitutional.
AfD parliamentary group leader Alice Weidel accused Braun of dividing society into first and second class citizens.
According to the RKI, around every second person in Germany is currently fully vaccinated.
The virus could still come back just as dangerously as last autumn, warned Kretschmann.
"If there are variants against which the vaccine is no longer as effective - we are immediately in a different situation." Vaccination is therefore a civic duty for him.
“Every responsible person should just do that.” Dpa
