As Germany starts to feel the press from its quaternary moving ridge of COVID-19 contagion , there are hints that it might takesimilar actionto neighbor Austria and enforce tighter restrictions and prescript — but in the main for unvaccinated people .

Germany is just one of the countries in Western Europe dealing with a unused upsurge of COVID-19 case , and dishing out new or returning pandemic measure . Last week the Netherlands declare it would be go back into a three - weeknationwide partial lockdownafter hospitals threatened to be overwhelmed by rising caseful . On Monday , German wellness authoritiesreporteda record 303 fresh infection per 100,000 inhabitants over one week , grade that have not been view since the pandemic begin .

To curtail the scatter , authority are currently discussing stricter measures for non - immunised citizenry . One such hypnotism is to require unvaccinated people to provide a negative test event before traveling by public transport , public   broadcasterARDreported .

sure regions of Germany , such as the capital Berlin and theeastern federal state ofSaxony , have already imposed so - call   “ 2 G Rules . ” In essence , this scheme only allows to the full immunised hoi polloi and those who can show proof they ’ve recently reclaim from COVID-19 to get in eatery , bars , gyms , and other public recreational spaces , concord toAFP . The rules also state that venues with over 2,000 visitant , such as football game games or big music gig , will not be approachable to unvaccinated adults .

Exceptions will be allow for youngster and those who can not receive the vaccinum for medical conditions . Other states , such as Brandenburg , Baden - Württemberg , and Bavaria , are also expected to take up the 2 G system soon too .

There are a numeral of reasons COVID-19 is on the rise in Germany , including the seasonal essence of winter , waning immunity , and the highly contagious Delta variant . However , German scientists are also suspicious that a important glob of the population stay on unvaccinated .

" Our vaccination pace is still under 75 percent of the German universe , " said Dr Christine Falk , Chief Executive of the German Society for Immunology , according toDeutsche Welle . " Combined with the lack of touch limitation , this is allowing the virus to spread almost exclusively among the unvaccinated . "

This has led to what Jens Spahn , Federal Minister of Health for Germany , calledearlier this month :   “ a pandemic of the unvaccinated . ”