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German Politicians Float Bans, Mandatory Jabs, for Unvaccinated

  • Merkel aid says unvaccinated may be banned from restaurants
  • Baden-Wuerttemberg PM doesn’t rule out mandatory inoculation
A mobile pop-up vaccination station in Neukoelln district, Berlin.

Photographer: Stefanie Loos/AFP/Getty Images

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Some of Germany’s most senior politicians have floated the possibility of tough restrictions for unvaccinated people, or even compulsory inoculation, echoing similar sentiment throughout Europe as the delta variant spreads in the region.