Prognosis
Germany to Open Covid Vaccinations to All Adults by June
- Inoculated people to be granted more freedoms, Merkel says
- Government was under pressure after controversial lockdown law
Police officers patrol the promenade by the Rhine during restrictions in Duesseldorf on April 24.
Photographer: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government aims to open Covid-19 vaccinations to all adults by June, dropping Germany’s rules that regulated who’s at the front of the queue.
The country also intends to allow people who have been fully immunized or who have recovered from the disease privileges such as going shopping and visiting hairdressers without needing negative coronavirus tests, Merkel said after talks with regional leaders on Monday. Officials didn’t agree though on firm details.