Merkel Tells Germans To Get Vaccinated For 'More Freedom'
Source: AP News
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged Germany’s residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the more people get shots “the more free we will be again.” Vaccination rates in Germany have slowed in recent weeks.
About 58.7% of the population has received at least one shot and 43% is fully vaccinated, according to official figures. The country’s disease control agency said last week that the country should aim to vaccinate 85% of people ages 12-59 and 90% of people over 60 to prevent the delta variant from causing a resurgence of coronavirus cases this fall and winter.
Merkel, who has received both shots, called on people to get vaccinated to protect themselves and others from serious illness as a result of a coronavirus infection. She linked higher immunization rates with the further easing of pandemic restrictions.
“The more people are vaccinated, the more free we will be again, the more freely we will be able to live again,” she told reporters during a visit to the Robert Koch Institute, the government run disease control agency.variant from causing a resurgence of coronavirus cases this fall and winter...
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- German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at a press conference following her visit to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin, Germany, Tues., July 13, 2021. Merkel visited the health ministry's leading institute in the Corona pandemic at the invitation of Health Minister Spahn.
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