The tougher measures introduced recently largely target unvaccinated people, who are now prevented from going to most nonessential stores, restaurants and cultural or sports venues. The number of people who have received a booster shot, now 24.7% of the population, is rising rapidly as the country's vaccination campaign picks up speed again. Germany’s vaccination rate - 69.7% of the population is fully vaccinated - still falls short of the minimum 75% that authorities aim for. “We have agreed confidentiality,” he told reporters. Scholz's center-left coalition government has pledged greater transparency, but Lauterbach said the new panel's deliberations would take place behind closed doors. He said the panel would likely provide new recommendations before Christmas on how to deal with the omicron variant. “The fact that the expert committee is constituted in a balanced way is one of its strengths,” Lauterbach, who is an epidemiologist by training, said after the panel’s first meeting. Some of its members have in the past sparred publicly about the right way to deal with the outbreak, but officials suggested this could help ensure its advice is accepted more widely. Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who recently succeeded longtime German leader Angela Merkel, appointed the 19-member panel - made up of virologists, clinical practitioners, ethicists and other experts - to provide advice to his new government.
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