Top German court upholds mandatory measles vaccination for children

BERLIN, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Germany's compulsory measles vaccination for children in day-care centers and schools will remain in force, the country's Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) ruled on Thursday.

Despite an interference with the fundamental rights of the children and their parents, the protection of vulnerable persons from measles over the interests of the complainants was "not objectionable under constitutional law," the court said in a statement.