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More flexibility: in the future, doctors will receive vaccines as required
From mid-July, medical practices in Germany will be able to order vaccines against Covid-19 as required. According to the Federal Association of Aesthetic Physicians, the currently valid distribution key has led to doctors, in some regions, receiving too few vaccine doses. In future, practices should…
Chancellor Merkel makes a pledge for additional aid to the Republic of Niger
Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has promised further financial aid to the Republic of Niger during a reception given for the President of Niger, Bazoum, in Berlin. Bazoum emphasized that this was an important element of support from Germany. The German government participates in EU…
Scholz expects additional budgetary means through minimum tax
Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) expects that the global minimum tax will enable Germany to generate billions of Euros in additional budgetary means. He did not give any specific number. The minimum tax of 15 percent for internationally operating companies ends tax dumping and…
Tobacco tax hike will not be used to prevent addiction
The increase in tobacco tax from 2022, totaling around 500 million Euros, will not be used to prevent addiction. Instead, Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) had the additional income included in the planning of the overall federal budget. The parliamentarian Till Mansmann (FDP) criticized:…
Fewer applications from trainees while many apprenticeship positions are vacant
According to the Federal Employment Agency, the situation with a view on vocational training has become more difficult. So far, only around 285 young people in Germany have applied for an apprenticeship position – 32,000 fewer than in 2020. There are 468,000 vacant apprenticeships. Nevertheless,…
Hardly any fraud with respect to Corona economic aid
The economic aid that the Federal Government has made available during the Covid-19 pandemic has hardly resulted in attempted fraud. Only about 1 percent of the 17,354 criminal proceedings in which the Federal Criminal Police Office has been engaged, and 1.2 percent in the total,…
Covid-19: Only few new admissions to intensive care units
It is mostly long-term patients who were infected in spring this year, during the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, who are now treated in intensive care units in German hospitals. There are only few new admissions, according to Gernot Marx, President of the German…
Many Union voters for compulsory vaccination against the Corona virus
Among Germans, 22 percent were in favor of compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 after the Delta-Vatiante appeared, according to recent Forsa survey. Three quarters of those polled by Forsa want vaccination to continue to be voluntary. With 37 percent, especially the supporters of the Union parties…
Braun: Federal Government wants easier access to vaccinations for younger people
Protecting the younger generation is crucial when it comes to vaccinations against the Corona virus, especially against the spread of the more contagious Delta variant. As the Minister of State in the Federal Chancellery, Helge Braun (CDU), said, special vaccination offers for students are to…
A physicians’ federation against alarmism regarding the delta variant
The chief executive of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, Andreas Gassen, has stated that the delta variant of the Corona virus is more contagious, but probably no more dangerous than the previously dominant variants. It is possible that the number of cases…
Nursing profession quite attractive, Federal Ministry of Family Affairs
In 2020, more people started training in nursing professions than in previous years, as stated in the Federal Government’s 2nd Report of Concerted Care Action. This is an indication that care remains attractive for employees and trainees. In the previous year, 57,200 people started training…
New fines for car traffic violations from autumn
This fall, new fines for speeders in car traffic will come into force. The Federal Council still has to approve the respective draft of the Federal Ministry of Transport. After long discussions, the Federal and State Governments agreed on a new catalog of fines. The…
