A new package of measures to tackle a fourth wave of the coronaviruses was agreed on by the country's 16 state premiers on Thursday.
Many of the measures we are announcing would not be necessary if more people were vaccine-free.
There is a limit on public life for the unvaccinated in areas that exceed a certain threshold of hospital admissions. The country is considering making it mandatory for hospital staff to be vaccine free, and will also resume free Covid testing.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she sits down for a weekly cabinet meeting.
Several states and cities have already imposed more measures and have required the public to show Covid passes, which have an individual's vaccination status or if they've just recovered from the virus.
If more than 3 per 100,000 inhabitants in a region are hospitalized with the disease, the 2G rule will apply for all public leisure events in a given state. All states are above that metric.
The number of new cases in Germany was more than 67,000 on Thursday, with health officials warning that the true number could be two or three times as many.
The situation has been described as dramatic.
The fourth wave is hitting our country with full force, according to a translation by the German chancellor.
She said that it was not too late to take up a Covid vaccine for anyone who had not already done so.
Holly Ellyatt was a contributor to the article.
