Covid-19: FDP expert for the end of compulsory vaccination in the health sector

The FDP health expert Andrew Ullmann is against extending the corona vaccination requirement in the healthcare sector beyond the end of the year.

Covid-19: FDP expert for the end of compulsory vaccination in the health sector

The FDP health expert Andrew Ullmann is against extending the corona vaccination requirement in the healthcare sector beyond the end of the year. According to the current state of knowledge, he sees no point in an extension, Ullmann told the German Press Agency. He spoke out in favor of expiring the vaccination requirement on December 31st. This is currently the law as well.

"When this was passed, we had completely different requirements than today. As far as Covid-19 is concerned, we can no longer give general mandatory vaccination requirements for staff in health facilities. This means that compulsory vaccination is no longer enforceable," said Ullmann. Irrespective of this, he pleaded for vaccinations "especially in the health sector", increasingly also against the flu, since high sickness-related staff absences can already be seen.

The facility-related vaccination requirement has been in effect since mid-March. The health authorities can ban employees from working in or entering hospitals or care facilities if they do not present proof of vaccination or recovery or do not have a certificate that exempts them from a corona vaccination.

Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) recently left open whether the regulation could be extended beyond the end of the year. "We will make how we deal with the institution-related vaccination requirement depend on the course of the autumn and winter wave," he said in the Bundestag. Parliament would have to decide on an extension.

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