Germany Will No Longer <br />Fund COVID Tests, for Unvaccinated Individuals.<br />German Chancellor Angela Merkel <br />announced the change on Aug. 11. .<br />Adults who choose not to get vaccinated <br />will no longer have access to government- <br />subsidized testing beginning Oct. 11.<br />Those who are under 18, .<br />have a medical condition <br />precluding them <br />from vaccination.<br />and pregnant mothers will continue <br />to have access to the tests.<br />The nation has provided free government-subsidized weekly COVID-19 tests to all since March.<br />The cost of providing the free tests has <br />reached billions of dollars.<br />Infection rates in the country have risen <br />steadily with the onset of the Delta variant.<br />Vaccination rates in Germany, however, <br />are no longer the highest in the European Union.<br />We now have enough of the vaccine. Now we have to promote vaccinations, Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />Rules requiring proof of vaccination <br />will also be implemented in Germany <br />once infection rates exceed <br />35 per 100,000 people.<br />Infection rates in Germany are currently <br />at around 23.5 per 100,000 people.<br />Germans will need to provide proof of vaccination <br />in order to access a number of public spaces.<br />55 percent of Germans are fully vaccinated, .<br />while 62.5 have received a single dose of the vaccine
