Chancellor Angela Merkel worries about hospitalization values and death rates.
She is thinking above all of people over the age of 60 who have not been vaccinated.
Berlin / Frankfurt - Angela Merkel warns against carelessness in dealing with the corona pandemic.
In the pandemic, a lot was expected from children in particular, she said.
"That's why I'm now also happy that we have vaccinated so many adults that it may be possible to keep schools and kindergartens open for the children." But that shouldn't lead to carelessness.
"I am very concerned about the current development of hospitalization values and death rates," said the former CDU leader of the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
.
"It should worry all of us."
"That, for example, two or three million Germans over 60 are still unvaccinated makes me very sad," said Merkel, "because that could make a difference for them personally as well as for society as a whole." there should be no compulsory vaccination.
Angela Merkel on vaccination statements from FCB star Joshua Kimmich: "He is known as a reflective footballer"
Joshua Kimmich - who is worried about the long-term consequences of vaccinations - also has the right not to be vaccinated.
"First of all, a professional footballer is also a citizen who has the right not to be vaccinated in a country where there is no compulsory vaccination."
However, she then addressed the arguments with which Kimmich justified his decision.
They are interesting: “Because there are very good factual arguments for his questions and doubts that are generally available.” And she added: “Maybe Joshua Kimmich is still thinking about it.
He is known as a very reflective footballer. "
Angela Merkel (CDU) on Corona: "Of course you can argue about this or that decision."
In an interview, Merkel very briefly described the fact that some critics of Corona measures have drawn parallels to the GDR state as "absurd". The drastic restrictions on civil liberties during the pandemic were made because they saw it as "the task of the state" to "protect the health of as many people as possible and to
prevent the hospitals from being overloaded."
“Of course, this or that measure can be argued about,” she added.
The exit restrictions in particular could be the subject of controversy.
Compared to France, for example, the restrictions on freedom of movement were still cautious.
"There were restrictions in the radius, in the number of hours, with forms and much more." Angela Merkel will take part in the G20 summit on Saturday - together with her likely successor Olaf Scholz (SPD).
(dpa / kat)
