New legislation expected to be passed by parliament next week
The three parties in talks to form the next German government have agreed on a package of measures to tackle the latest surge in Covid-19 cases which seeks to avoid sweeping restrictions such as school closures and curfews.
MPs from the three parties decided to let the existing legislation lapse and draw up a new framework due to concerns that some of the measures previously agreed interfered too severely with citizen rights and potentially conflicted with Germany’s constitution. Spahn has led the calls for more people to get their Covid-19 shots. By Monday, 67% of the population were fully vaccinated, and 70% had received at least one dose.
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