EU President Positive About Immunization Commitment – NRK Urix – Foreign News & Documentaries

For the authorities of many countries, forcing their citizens to be vaccinated is out of reach. Few countries are willing to go that far.

Now that countries in Europe are rushing into a new wave of infections, there are signs from the head of the European Commission that are being interpreted as yes to a vaccine commitment.

– I think it is understandable and correct to have this discussion now, says the President of the European Commission.

She stressed that it is the EU member states that must make the final decisions. But at the same time she writes about her understanding that the question is on the agenda BBC.

Protests against vaccination

As the first country in the European Union, Austria announced the introduction of a vaccine requirement from 1 February.

The vaccination rate in Austria is among the lowest in Western Europe.

– Embarrassingly low, said Prime Minister Alexander Schallenberg recently.

The country already has its own lockdown system for non-vaccinators.

Last Saturday, nearly 40,000 people demonstrated in Austria against a proposal to make vaccinations mandatory.

The largest selection was in Graz, the second largest city in the country. There were also protests in St. Polten, Klagenfurt and Innsbruck.

Penalty for not vaccinating

The topic of vaccination was also discussed in the new German government led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Greek authorities said on Tuesday that vaccination will be mandatory for anyone over the age of 60.

Greek authorities warn that those who have reached this age and have not been vaccinated will be fined €100 per month.

Half a million Greeks over the age of 60 have not yet been vaccinated because they do not want to, according to AFP.

On Wednesday, health workers in Athens showed they could lose their jobs if they are not vaccinated.

Even before the new virus variant was discovered last weekend, infections increased in several European countries.

– If we do not act now, Christmas will be terrible, said the head of the Institute of Public Health in Germany, Lothar Weller.

He pointed out that the difference is alarmingly high.

In Germany, which did well during the first phase of the epidemic, the prevalence is now alarmingly high.

Our country is now in an emergency situation. Wheeler said anyone who doesn’t realize it is making a huge mistake.

Choose not to get vaccinated

Despite the fact that vaccines against COVID-19 have been available for nearly a year, large segments of the population in many EU countries have chosen not to take the syringe.

Experts describe vaccines as the only way out of the crisis.

In many Eastern European countries, such as Romania and Bulgaria, the situation has already developed in a negative direction for several weeks. This is largely due to the fact that few of them have been vaccinated.

Omicron 23 land

The new variant was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from South Africa on November 24 and has spread to 23 countries, he writes France 24.

On Tuesday, Dutch authorities said the country had two cases, one of which was detected as early as November 19.

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday that they expect more countries to discover the new alternative in the future.

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that it had not yet recorded any deaths that could be directly related to the Omicron virus.