Mobile vaccination stations are being used to administer jabs in Cologne
The law, which would also apply to people who have recovered from Covid-19, must still be signed off by parliament but could come into force as early as this week, Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht said.
There must be a "good reason" for any restrictions on public life, Lambrecht said.
Comment: There never was a 'good reason' for lockdowns; if there was, the German government wouldn't have had to snatch power from the regional authorities in order to force them to comply with lockdowns.
"As soon as this reason ceases to exist... these restrictions should then no longer be in place," she said.
Under national measures introduced in April, areas of Germany with an incidence rate of more than 100 new infections per 100,000 people over the last seven days must introduce overnight curfews and people may only meet with one other person from another household during the day.
But people who have been vaccinated, or who have recovered from Covid and therefore have natural immunity, should in future be exempt from these rules, Lambrecht said.
The draft law seen by AFP would also exempt vaccinated and recovered people from quarantine rules for people returning from abroad, even from areas deemed high risk.
No more tests
Areas of Germany with incidence rates under 100 are currently allowed to open shops, restaurants, cinemas and other facilities, but only to people who can provide a negative test.
Under the new regulations, vaccinated and recovered people would also be exempt from this requirement.
Some German states, including Berlin and Bavaria, have already announced plans to scrap the negative test requirement for vaccinated people when they go shopping or visit the hairdresser.
Comment: Even with their warped logic this doesn't make sense; because the experimental vaccines don't actually prevent one catching or transmitting coronavirus.
The Bavarian cabinet on Tuesday also signed off a plan to allow hotels, holiday homes and campsites to open in regions with low incidence rates from 21 May.
However, Bavaria's iconic Oktoberfest beer festival, which usually attracts millions annually in September and October, will be cancelled this year for the second year running.
Comment: But Europe will have achieved herd immunity by then, so, again, there's no 'good reason' for the cancellation. Note that Sweden likely reached herd immunity in September, last year.
Germany has been in some form of virus shutdown since November, with numbers of new infections remaining consistently high amid an initially sluggish vaccination campaign.
But the campaign has since picked up pace, with more than a million jabs issued in one day last week, and new infection numbers have started to come down.
The Robert Koch Institute health agency recorded 7,534 new infections in the past 24 hours on Tuesday and 315 deaths, with a national incidence rate of 141.4.
But despite these successes, critics say it is too soon to be lifting restrictions.
Ute Teichert, the head of the Federal Association of German Public Health Officers, said it was "imperative that vaccinated people continue to be tested".
"Without comprehensive testing, we will lose sight of the incidence of infections - especially with regard to virus variants," she told the Funke media group on Tuesday.
MP and epidemiologist Karl Lauterbach said it was reasonable to lift some restrictions for vaccinated people, but restaurants, bars and other facilities should not be reopened just for them.
"We must not make the mistake of jeopardising the successes achieved by the national 'emergency brake'," he warned, referring to the national restrictive measures introduced in April.
Comment: If the vaccines worked, why would he not support opening up?
Demark to reopen schools and permit range of indoor activities
Denmark has announced plans to reopen schools and allow a range of indoor activities this week, but a cap on gatherings led to the cancellation of several summer music festivals, including the renowned Roskilde Festival.
The Nordic country has avoided a third wave of Covid-19 with broad lockdown measures introduced in late December, which drove down daily infections from several thousand to between 500 and 800 in recent months.
"Denmark needs to get back to normal as fast as possible, and it has to happen responsibly," Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said today.
Older primary school students in Denmark will also be allowed to return full-time
Under the new plan agreed between the government and most politicians, theatres, concert venues, cinemas and gyms can reopen this Thursday, 6 May.
Older primary school students will also be allowed to return to school full-time.
The limit on indoor public gatherings will be raised from 10 to 25 people, although schools are exempted from this cap.
Comment: Because coronavirus respects the rights of schools?
The outdoor limit is generally being raised from 50 to 75 people, but a specific cap of 2,000 attendees at outdoor concerts will rule out many events, including Roskilde, one of Europe's largest music and culture festivals, which said it would not be going ahead this year.
Entrance to many reopened facilities is dependent on showing a "corona passport", that shows that holders have either been vaccinated, previously infected or have had a negative test in the past 72 hours.
Denmark has fully vaccinated 11.5% of its population.
Comment: That's much higher than elsewhere. But it's worth noting that Denmark's government saw significant pushback when it tried to enforce some of the most insidious lockdown laws we've seen thus far: Denmark tries to push through permanent 'epidemic law' that includes forced vaccination
Denmark is due to host four European Soccer Championship matches this summer, and will allow up to around 16,000 spectators at the events.
Poland easing restrictions as third wave weakens
Poland is easing its pandemic restrictions from today as the country's third coronavirus wave continues to weaken.
Shopping centres and museums are reopening and primary school classes are resuming nationwide, although the number of pupils will be restricted.
Just a few weeks ago Poland's health system had been overwhelmed but yesterday the country recorded its lowest number of new Covid infections in three months.
In total, the country of 38 million has reported 2,805,756 cases and 68,105 deaths.
Poland's vaccination rollout is also starting to accelerate following a boost in vaccine supplies.
Poland administrated 1.6 million doses, for a total of nearly 12 million since vaccinations began.
Nearly 3m Poles, 7.7% of the population, have been fully vaccinated.
Meanwhile, Sweden, which has shunned lockdowns throughout the pandemic, has registered 14,950 new coronavirus cases since Friday, health agency statistics showed on Tuesday.
The figure compared with 14,911 cases during the corresponding period last week.
The country of 10 million inhabitants registered 43 new deaths, taking the total to 14,091. The deaths registered have occurred over several days and sometimes weeks.
Comment: The cause of death is up for question, but even if it were due to coronavirus, that's hardly the definition of a 'deadly pandemic'.
Sweden's death rate per capita is many times higher than that of its Nordic neighbours' but lower than in most European countries that opted for lockdowns.
EMA opens review of China's Sinovac coronavirus jab
The European Medicines Agency said it has started a "rolling review" of China's Sinovac coronavirus jab, a process that could lead to eventual approval for the European market.
The EMA's human medicines committee's "decision to start the rolling review is based on preliminary results from laboratory studies (non-clinical data) and clinical studies," the Amsterdam-based agency said.
Comment: These delays for reviewing the vaccines from Russia and China expose that the EMA is more concerned about politics than it's feeble, and clearly untrue, claims that Europe is in the midst of a devastating pandemic: EU may approve Russian-made Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine by February as Pfizer announces its missed shipments will lead to low supplies
Reader Comments
R.C.
For those for whom the light hasn't yet dawned: Covid was only the opening psyop, the real middle and games are getting properly going only now . . .
The way this horror show is being played out is something to behold.
RC
Something I think worthwhile to remember is that while this ain't 4D STS' first rodeo, they're only ridin' bareback once again because they've never 'won' yet . . . and, presuming as they do to successfully violate Free Will, a Prime Tenet of Creation, they never will . . .
That's sick. Not surprised though.
I can't remember where but I read or listened to someone saying they had the jab or their friends had a jab and they lost their spirituality/faith system. If those shards are arranging themselves towards the pineal gland it could kinda explain that.
Speculation admittedly, but it makes sense.
Eventually through collective efforts, we the people will figure it all out I heard the same thing from 2 energetic healers. They say the soul becomes detached from the body post jab, or something akin to that, but I think it’s the spike protein (that has genes from a human chromosome 8) and not the tech that does that. The tech is there to turn the newly soul-less human into an organic cyborg probably. All of that sounds crazy, but knowing the parasites’ way of thinking wouldn’t be surprising, if turns out to be correct.
If that is true, which it does seem credible then apart from getting ivermectin by the shit load if possible, the first port of call is to destroy the 5g towers. This also explains why they need a 5g box every 100m or whatever it is.
I already have a fear of wasps and bees. Might as well add moths and other bugs to my no fly zone now.
Makes me also think of those mozzies that they have released in Florida. They say they are females and can't bite but how do we know that they are female. What if that's another delivery system?
So many questions!
RC
I remember once ~ 73 we were running through an absolute wall of skeeters trying to get into the ocean (breathing through our teeth rather than open mouthed so as to not breathe them in). My buddy didn't have a shirt on and screamed help. I took my hands and just smacked his back and every handsmack probably killed 15 plus bloody skeeters so that by the time I was on smacks number 6 and 7 there was a constant wet 'swack' sound from the blood flying everywhere. I can still feel it in my hands.
Strangely, for some chemical reason, skeeters don't like to bite me. Also, the better shape I was in the more they simply would not. I was like that old 'Off" commercial, after the arm had been sprayed. Don't know why but I damn sure have never minded that. (There are lots of other things like that about me, such as my normal body temperature being 96.9; almost never able to get cold; not needing nearly as much sleep as most folks, and lots of other stuff. )
RC
Your pal must have looked like quite the sight! With that amount of blood you must have looked like you were attacking him.
Luckily we don't have quite the same issues over here! Thank heavens for that!
I only became a fan of onions and garlic when I moved out and started cooking for real ~ age 18.
R.C
Likewise, I can disproportionately hold my liquor, but am (I've learned) hypersensitive to nicotine (which I don't mind - just bought nicotine for the first time in my life ) and also (these days at least) hypersensitive to THC which I DON'T like. (I was the first person I knew who quit it.)
RC
Thanks, I will view it and let you know what I think.