Amid a seemingly unstoppable surge in infections, officials are focusing restrictions on unvaccinated people rather than resorting to widespread clampdowns.
The strong overall uptake in inoculations has emboldened leaders to go more aggressively after holdouts, prodding them in various ways to roll up their sleeves.
Across the continent, the policy of coercion is becoming l’ordre du jour, with many governments trying to make life difficult for those refusing a vaccine and brushing aside concerns about civic freedoms. Neighboring Italy on Wednesday made shots compulsory for people over 50, though the fine of 100 euros for non-compliance has been kept deliberately low.
Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, is already in what some officials have termed a “lockdown of the unvaccinated,” with limits on access to theaters and other leisure activities.
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