Parents fail in court: measles vaccination proof remains mandatory!

Parents fail in court: measles vaccination proof remains mandatory!

The dispute over the measurement vaccination in Bavaria is heading: The Bavarian Administrative Court has rejected the lawsuit of parents of a school child who refused to prepare proof of their child's measles vaccination protection. This decision follows the appeal against a judgment of the Bayreuth Administrative Court and leaves the parents to stand without a legal basis, as a spokesman for the Court said. The judicial justification is still pending, but is expected in the coming weeks, since the fundamental importance of the case enables a revision to the Federal Administrative Court. This reported the Mercury.

The parents had submitted two certificates from doctors who should certify that their child cannot be vaccinated, supposedly based on medical indications. However, these documents, which should represent a so -called vaccination certificate, were not recognized by the responsible health department. Instead, the parents were asked to demonstrate the necessary vaccination status. Practice with regard to measles vaccination is clearly regulated in Bavaria: Since 2020, it has been mandatory that children from one year from one year when admission in daycare centers and schools provide such proof. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), however, the vaccination rates are behind expectations, since only about 81 percent of the children born in 2019 received all the necessary vaccinations. This provided the Evening newspaper firmly.

The measles are considered one of the most contagious infectious diseases and can be life -threatening in severe cases. Translations are made by droplets and aerosols that are released when coughing, sneezing or speaking, which underlines the importance of the obligation to vaccinate. The recent legal disputes could have far -reaching implications for compliance with the obligation to pay in Bavaria.