YouGov poll
Almost two thirds for general corona vaccination
For or against general vaccination requirements? The Germans have changed their minds. Photo: Wolfgang Kumm / dpa
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The majority of Germans are in favor of compulsory vaccination against the dangerous corona virus. Almost a year ago the mood was different.
Almost two thirds of people in Germany are in favor of a general compulsory corona vaccination, which the Bundestag will soon be voting on.
In a survey by the opinion research institute YouGov on behalf of the German Press Agency, 63 percent were in favor of obliging all people in Germany to immunize against the dangerous virus. Only 30 percent are against it, 7 percent did not provide any information.
The mood has changed since the start of the corona vaccinations in Germany almost a year ago. A few days after the first vaccination on December 26th last year, 56 percent of the people in a YouGov poll were against compulsory vaccination and only 33 percent were in favor.
The federal government had also long rejected compulsory vaccination. Now the Bundestag should decide in the coming weeks. According to the wish of the future Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), it should come into force by the beginning of March at the latest.