Germany debates compulsory vaccination as fourth COVID wave rages

People queue up outside a vaccination centre in a shopping mall, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Mang

BERLIN (Reuters) - German politicians are debating making COVID-19 vaccinations compulsory for citizens in light of soaring infections and low inoculation rates.

Several members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc said on Sunday that federal and state governments should introduce compulsory vaccinations soon as other efforts to push up Germany's low inoculation rate of just 68% have failed.