It will be decided next week whether the controversial vaccination law, which was passed at the beginning of February, will also be suspended in the summer.
The National Council held a rather heated debate on Thursday on the occasion of a referendum on the mandatory vaccination against the corona virus. There was a violent verbal exchange of blows, especially between Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) and the FPÖ. The minister warned that “contrary to all hopes, the pandemic is simply not over”, referring to Portugal, where a new variant of the virus is causing a huge increase in the number of infections.
Rauch called for mandatory vaccination to “note” that the corona vaccination in the new variants does not protect against infection, but “demonstrably against ending up in intensive care, contracting lung Covid or becoming seriously ill”. Liberal MPs acknowledged the health minister’s speech at countless intervals.
FPÖ demanded abolition of mandatory vaccination law
The Blues, who had supported the referendum against mandatory vaccination (about 269,000 signatures), called for the law to be repealed and questioned the vaccination.
The decision must be made next week whether the vaccination obligation will also be suspended in the summer. Constitutional Affairs Minister Karoline Edtstadler (ÖVP) said weeks ago that she expected this to happen.
Source: Krone
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