A proposed law would obligate nursery schools to report parents who refuse to seek medical vaccination advice for their children, with such parents facing fines of up to €2,500. Health Minister Hermann Gröhe has proposed a law obligating Kitas (nursery schools) to report parents to health officials if they cannot prove that they sought vaccination advice for their children, the ministry announced on Friday. Gröhe is pushing to have the proposed law passed by the Bundestag (German parliament) next Thursday. But currently it is up to nursery schools to decide whether to report parents to health officials. A report released earlier this year found that Germany was among the worst countries in Europe for vaccinating children.

Source: The Local May 26, 2017 10:18 UTC