As the spread of COVID-19 in Germany does not subside, there are voices calling for compulsory vaccination in Germany.
According to local media on the 21st (local time), the German Center for Disease Control and Prevention (RKI) announced that there were 42,727 new cases of COVID-19 on the same day. The new death toll stood at 75.
Although it has decreased slightly since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic at 65,371 on the 18th, it is still higher than during the pandemic last year.
With this spread, there are voices calling for compulsory vaccination against COVID-19 in Germany. Thomas Baris, chairman of the German Federal Tourism Commission, told DPA, “The increasingly deteriorating situation in Germany (COVID-19) will make vaccination compulsory sooner or later. “It will be unavoidable,” he pointed out.
“It is no longer politically justified for industry, small businesses, restaurants, clubs, pubs, cinemas, cultural establishments, etc. to face existential fear in a national emergency,” he said. is choosing,” he criticized.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU member, a member of the CDU, also argued in a recent press article, saying, “In fact, we have reached a point where we have to say clearly that compulsory vaccination and containment of those who are not vaccinated are necessary.”
Austria, Germany’s neighbor, recorded 15,297 people, recording the 15,000 range for the third day in a row. Austria has implemented a total lockdown for 10 days starting on the 22nd to prevent the spread of the virus, and from February 2022, mandatory vaccination for all citizens aged 12 and over.
In Ukraine, as of the 20th, the number of deaths from COVID-19 has risen to hundreds, with 664 deaths. Authorities are having a hard time responding due to a lack of medical staff and medical facilities, and a doctor has been working for 42 hours in a row in hospitals and temporary wards.
The French government has issued a warning that the COVID-19 is spreading at lightning speed. According to the health authorities on the 20th, the average number of new COVID-19 cases in France over the past 7 days stood at 17,153, an increase of 81%.
Hans Kluge, director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Europe, said in an interview with the BBC on the 20th, “We are very concerned about the rapid rise in COVID-19 in Europe. can,” he warned.
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