German COVID cases hit record as parliament debates vaccine mandate

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Germany on Wednesday reported a new record of 164,000 COVID-19 infections in one day as the lower house of parliament prepared to debate proposals to either require or robustly encourage residents to be vaccinated.

Around 75% of the population has received at least one dose of a vaccine - less than in other western European countries such as France, Italy or Spain, where the equivalent figures are 80%, 83% and 86% - and the vaccination campaign is stuttering.

But since last summer, vaccine-scepticism and a falloff in regional coordination have taken their toll, and public discontent has grown.The 166 deaths recorded on Wednesday took Germany's cumulative COVID-19 toll to 117,126.

 

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