Söder with Corona turnaround?

After severe criticism, the minister spoke up - now everything sounds completely different

Created: 02/10/2022 09:33

By: Lucas Sauter-Orengo

CSU boss Markus Söder.

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CSU boss Markus Söder recently surprised me with his Corona policy.

First the easing, then the temporary rejection of the institution-related vaccination requirement.

But is the next turning point coming?

Munich - The Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder has once again brought himself into the limelight of the nationwide headlines.

Less by the announcement of far-reaching easing in Bavaria, much more by his announcement that he wants to put the facility-related vaccination requirement in Bavaria on hold for the time being.

Harsh criticism* followed promptly from Berlin, both Health Minister Lauterbach and Chancellor Scholz (both SPD) clearly complained about Söder’s “going it alone”.

Now the words of the Bavarian Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) indicate a new turning point - in the Free State.

Corona in Bavaria: After Söder's advance - is the turning point now?

The Bavarian state government now wants to introduce compulsory vaccination for healthcare workers a little faster than Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) initially promised.

Bavaria still thinks the introduction of facility-related compulsory vaccinations is a good idea, emphasized Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) on Thursday on Bayerischer Rundfunk.

However, their introduction will be postponed by a “few weeks” because many questions are still open.

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Corona: Söder speaks of "generous transitional rules" - sharp criticism follows

Söder, on the other hand, had spoken of “the most generous transitional regulations” on Monday, which “de facto initially amounted to a suspension of enforcement”.

"For how many months, we will see." The state government had thus received sharp criticism.

In all likelihood, however, a punctual start of the facility-related compulsory vaccination on March 15th is still not to be expected in Bavaria.

Holetschek said on

that the implementation had simply not yet been clarified.

“Of course the law makes sense.

But it must also be feasible to implement it.” For his part, Holetschek accused the federal government and Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) of not making any progress with the introduction of a general obligation to vaccinate.

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