German minister’s plan to place restrictions on unvaccinated criticised

Coalition partners among those to oppose proposals to exclude people from restaurants and other facilities

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Plans by Germany's health minister to place restrictions on Germans who have not been vaccinated against coronavirus are facing stiff opposition from his coalition partners and the opposition.

Several SPD politicians have called Jens Spahn's proposals to exclude people from restaurants, gyms and other facilities who had failed to take up a vaccine offer unworkable" and say they risk undermining the public health campaign to dampen the spread of the virus.