The German Ministry of Health has established that unvaccinated people forced into quarantine for Covid will no longer be paid the salary.
Minister Jens Spahn made it known: he said, taxpayers should not be forced to bear the economic consequences of those who do not get vaccinated.
The new rules will be implemented by the governments of the 16 German federal states and will come into effect by 11 October, Spahn said. They will involve the unvaccinated who test positive for Covid or return from travel to countries considered "high risk", ie at this time Great Britain, Turkey and parts of France.
“It's a question of fairness - Spahn said at a press conference -. Those who protect themselves and others through vaccination may rightly ask themselves why we should pay someone who is quarantined after a vacation in a risk area. "
In Germany, where immunizing against Covid is not mandatory, 74% of adults have been fully vaccinated.
(Unioneonline / D)
