Monday, January 10, 2022
Visit to Italy
Baerbock campaigns for mandatory vaccination
The increasing corona incidences are causing increasing concern in Germany. During her visit to Rome, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock clearly supports the introduction of compulsory vaccinations. It has already had great success in Italy.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock spoke out in favor of introducing compulsory vaccinations during her visit to Italy. “I think compulsory vaccinations make sense,” said the Green politician after a meeting with her Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio in Rome. You and your party have already made that clear. It is about living life again as people were used to and therefore protecting people. It therefore makes sense to introduce compulsory vaccinations in Germany, explained the 41-year-old.
Italy had recently expanded the compulsory vaccination. Since January 8th, people over 50 years of age have had to be immunized against Covid-19. From February 1, there is a threat of a fine for those who fail to receive either the first or one of the follow-up doses.
In the afternoon Baerbock was due to visit a vaccination center in Rome. Di Maio thanked the Germans for their willingness to go there. According to him, the Italian vaccination strategy has shown great success. He pointed out that the introduction of the obligation for the over-50-year-olds was a recommendation of science.
As of Monday morning, according to the Ministry of Health, around 89.4 percent of people in Italy who are older than twelve were vaccinated against Covid-19. In the past few weeks, the number of corona cases has increased rapidly in the country with around 60 million inhabitants. The last officially calculated seven-day incidence averaged 1669 cases per 100,000 inhabitants nationwide.
The incidence of new corona infections also rose in Germany. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) gave the seven-day incidence in the morning to be 375.5. The day before it was 362.7, a week ago it was 232.4. The value quantifies the number of new infections per 100,000 inhabitants over a period of seven days. The incidence is again as high as it was last before Christmas.