The German Interior Minister, the Social Democrat Nancy Faeser, on Sunday urged opponents of the pandemic restrictions to distance themselves in their protests from the far-rightists, whom they considerto the worst threat to the country’s security.
“The extreme rightists take advantage of these mobilizations for their own ends,” the minister has warned, in statements to the “Funke” media group. Faeser has also regretted that those who participate in these marches They “do not always clearly distance themselves” from the extremists.
The Interior Minister warned, when taking office last Wednesday, that the fight against the far right is the main challenge your government faces in the defense of public order.
The chancellor Olaf ScholzFor his part, he considered after his inauguration that, despite the high number of people opposed to the restrictions, it is necessary to differentiate between those who reject these measures for different reasons and the extremists.
The German leader also denied that there is a danger of social “split” between “the vast majority” of those who defend the measures against the pandemic and those who do not, while highlighting that not all citizens who have not yet been immunized are anti-vaccines.
Almost 70% of Germans are vaccinated
In the percentage of people who have not yet been vaccinated – “for various reasons,” he said – there are citizens who “we can convince you to do it”, he claimed. A 69,5 % of the German population has the full agenda and a 22,5 % also received the dose of soda, according to the latest figures from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), updated last Friday.
The Scholz government and the regional powers have reactivated their campaign to accelerate vaccination, which in recent weeks has taken a certain pace, although basically due to the people who come for the “booster” or soda dose. It is expected to accelerate as well andn children between 5 and 11 years old. The Permanent Commission of Vaccination (Stiko) recommended on Thursday to vaccinate these minors if they have previous pathologies and contemplated the possibility of doing it also “based on individual wishes.”
The federal Parliament approved last Friday the law imposing the mandatory vaccination for the most sensitive labor sectors, such as medical or nursing home staff. In parallel, a legal framework is being worked on to extend this obligation to the entire population. The cumulative incidence of infections today stood at 390 cases in seven days and per 100,000 inhabitants, according to RKI data.
The day before, the level was at 402.9 cases and a week ago at 439.2. It is the first time in weeks that an incidence below 400 infections has been reported, although it must be taken into account that they are incomplete data, since two federal states did not update their figures this Sunday.
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