Vaccination
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Western Europe
French health authority pleads for mandatory measles vaccintion for caregivers
The High Authority for Health (HAS) in France believes that the measles vaccination should be mandatory for healthcare workers. The Authority published new recommendations last Monday. Usually, the French government listens to these guidelines, La Croix writes. According to the advisory body, the French government should oblige healthcare workers to…
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Western Europe
Unvaccinated caregiver in France allowed to return to work
French healthcare workers who did not get a full Covid vaccination will soon be allowed to return to their jobs again. “However, they won't be received with flowers everywhere.” The French Minister of Health announced earlier this week that unvaccinated healthcare workers are welcome at their work again. He said…
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Central Europe
Mandatory measles vaccination is legal, German judge says
Daycares, schools and medical facilities must require the attending children to be vaccinated against measles. The judges of the Federal Constitutional Court in the German town of Karlsruhe decided that this requirement is justifiable and thus remains in force. The judges acknowledged that mandatory vaccination limits fundamental rights and freedoms.…
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Western Europe
French Scientific Counsil “reserved” about reintegrating non-vaccinated caregivers
The French Scientific Counsil says it is “reserved” about reintegrating caregivers who have not been vaccinated against Covid. According to the government advisors, medical staff must remain exemplary while the seventh Covid wave remains very present. In its most recent opinion, published on Wednesday, July 20th, the Council stressed that…
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Central Europe
Austria ends mandatory vaccination
Austria ended its vaccine mandate for the corona virus four months after becoming the first EU country to make the injections mandatory. The controversial law was introduced in February but never enforced. In March, the legislation was suspended because its “encroachment of fundamental rights” could no longer be justified by…
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Western Europe
Dutch Senate rejects compulsory vaccination at childcare facilities
The Dutch Senate has rejected a bill that allowed childcare organisations to refuse to accept children who have not been vaccinated against contagious childhood diseases. The liberal party D66 submitted the bill. The senators ignored the party's request to postpone the decision-making process until D66 MP Paul van Meenen had…
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Central Europe
German Constitutional Court rejects objections to compulsory vaccination
The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany has rejected all objections to compulsory vaccination for health care personnel. The Court considers that the obligation to be vaccinated against Covid-19 does not violate the constitution. In a press release of the Court, the judges state that although compulsory vaccination infringes on employees'…
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Southern Europe
Italian convent might close due to vaccination refusal
An Italian monastery in Perugia might be shut down soon. According to the abbess, this is because the five nuns did not want to be vaccinated against Covid-19. After an Apostolic Visit, an inspection, the Mother Superior was informed that her convent, located in central Italy, would be closed. Since…
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Central Europe
German Christian Democrat deputy: Compulsory vaccination is dead
Whether it is because of the war in Ukraine or the seemingly less severe Omicron coronavirus, the discussion about compulsory vaccination seems to extinguish. It was a peculiar debate in the German Bundestag on Thursday. Four of the six members of the Bundestag Presidium, although double vaccinated and boosted, were…
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Central Europe
No compulsory vaccination, German church leaders write in an appeal
In Germany, around 150 evangelical pastors, church leaders and other spiritual leaders have joined forces to oppose the introduction of compulsory vaccination. They addressed an appeal to the leading representatives of the country. Among the addressees are Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Bundestag President Bärbel Bas and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz,…