Staff shortage concerns challenge Germany's vaccine mandate

Frank Vogel, a 64-year-old local politician from the eastern German Erzgebirge region, has been scrambling to find ways to keep nursing homes open when a vaccine mandate for healthcare workers takes effect next month. His region near the Czech border has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Germany. With only 57% of healthcare workers there having received two shots against the coronavirus, implementing the mandate would result in staff shortages that would force facilities to shut. 'In the end, you have the question: How do you then deal with the people being cared for in these facilities?' Vogel told Reuters.