Law is the first step before the extension of the obligation to the rest of the population, scheduled for the beginning of 2022. The project aims to protect vulnerable groups.
Last week, the country restricted the access of unvaccinated people only to essential businesses, such as markets, pharmacies and bakeries.
Scholz, who will assume the ninth chancellery since the end of World War II, succeeds conservative Angela Merkel, who takes power after 16 years.
Those who have not yet been vaccinated in Germany will not be able to access cultural and leisure services, with the exception of supermarkets, pharmacies and bakeries. Covid-19 cases grow.
A new Ômicron variant of the coronavirus shakes markets, fearful that the strain could threaten the attempted economic recovery.
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