Germany announced on Thursday that it will enact a nationwide lockdown for people who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19.
This comes less than two weeks after the country declared a “national emergency.”
Unvaccinated people will be prohibited from entering most public spaces, with the exception of essential services like grocery stores or pharmacies.
The country is also moving towards mandatory vaccinations, which could come as soon as February.
The new rules mean unvaccinated people are only allowed to meet two people from another household. Only those who are vaccinated or have recently recovered from the virus will be allowed into most businesses.
The country is also requiring bars and nightclubs in areas with an incidence rate above 350 cases per 100,000 people to shut down and limiting the number of people allowed to attend large outdoor gatherings like sporting events.
Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel made the announcement along with her successor Olaf Scholz, as the country tries to gain control over the most severe wave of COVID-19 to hit it so far.
The fourth wave must be broken and this has not yet been achieved,” Merkel told a news conference.
“Given the situation, I think it is appropriate to adopt compulsory vaccination.”
A compulsory vaccination mandate would need to be approved by the country’s parliament.
Germany’s rate of fully-vaccinated people stands at 68.6% which falls below its 75% goal.
The country again topped 70,000 newly confirmed cases in a 24-hour period on Thursday.
Germany reported its first confirmed case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant on Saturday.
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Is the whole world going to lock down? The craziness and insanity supersedes any viral threat.
THe tyranny, certainly seems MORE virul, than the VIRUS itself..
Just more use of Concentration camp ideology where the German Fauci’s get to use the prisoners locked individually in their own homes for medical experiments by their modern day National Socialist version of Josef Mengele , the Nazi Concentration camp Angel of death. I hear human lamp shades are returning as popular German Xmas items. Those are not God’s Angels singing in Germany these days but secular socialist”Vassa Engles” as the days there get more silent than a December 25th silent night.
I wonder, will they reopen places like aushwitz?
How about locking up your vaccinated super spreaders instead???