On November 14, 2019, the German Bundestag passed the Masernschutzgesetz (Measles Protection Act) by 459 votes to 89 (with 105 abstentions); it entered into force on March 1, 2020. Championed by Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn, who called it 'a child protection law in the truest sense of the word,' the act requires proof of measles immunity (in practice via the MMR vaccine) for children aged one and over attending daycare or school and for staff in those and medical facilities. Parents of unvaccinated school-age children can face fines of up to EUR 2,500, and unvaccinated children can be excluded from nursery care.
On November 14, 2019, the German Bundestag passed the Masernschutzgesetz (Measles Protection Act) by 459 votes to 89 (with 105 abstentions); it entered into force on March 1, 2020. Championed by Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn, who called it 'a child protection law in the truest sense of the word,' the act requires proof of measles immunity (in practice via the MMR vaccine) for children aged one and over attending daycare or school and for staff in those and medical facilities. Parents of unvaccinated school-age children can face fines of up to EUR 2,500, and unvaccinated children can be excluded from nursery care.
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A statutory vaccination requirement for school and daycare entry strengthens the institutional delivery framework that raises and sustains immunization coverage.
