German parliament rejects government bid for mandatory Covid vaccines – Times of India

Berlin: GermanyParliament on Thursday rejected a government-backed proposal for mandatory covid vaccine For people over 60, in a hard loss chancellor The Alliance of Olaf Scholz.
Scholz, who in late November called mandatory jabs for all adults the safest way out of the pandemic, aimed to start jabs “in late February or early March.”
But his government’s proposal to vaccinate over 60 failed, receiving only 296 votes in favor, while 378 lawmakers cast their votes against it.