A platoon commander told Air Brigade soldiers last week that they will be fired if the refuse to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The Ministry of Defense stressed that this is absolutely not true, but the statement still led to a great deal of unrest among the troops, military union ACOM and military law attorney Michael Ruperti said to AD. 

ACOM received several reports from concerned soldiers. A number also called Ruperti for legal advice. "This is completely unacceptable and also not true," ACOM chairman Jan Kropf said to the newspaper.