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Intensive care physicians for compulsory vaccination from the age of 50

(GermanPolicy.com) – Due to extreme challenges for clinics from autumn, the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine spoke out in favor of…

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Scholz favors more vaccinations worldwide

(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz has campaigned to ensure that the goal of the World Health Organization (WHO), according to which 70 percent of the…

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Health insurance contributions will only increase minimally

(GermanPolicy.com) – The increase in health insurance contributions will be minmal. Federal Health Minister Lauterbach (SPD) ensured that there will be a “small” increase only….

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Negotiations with the SPD: Union parties for a compromise on compulsory vaccination

(GermanPolicy.com) – The CSU-CSU in the German Bundestag is “not optimistic” that the forthcoming negotiations with Chancellor Scholz (SPD) will lead to an agreement on…

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Union parties criticize easing of Covid-19 measures

(GermanPolicy.com) – The CDU-CSU in the German Bundestag has criticized the forthcoming relaxation of the Corona measures as “mess.” For example, it is unclear in…

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Federation of Trade Unions regrets relaxation of occupational safety

(GermanPolicy.com) – The Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) has expressed concern that occupational health and safety could become a private matter for workers in…

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Federal States slam new German-wide Corona regulation

(GermanPolicy.com) – After the expiry of nationwide regulation in force thus far, the mask requirement is supposed to continue to apply in more areas than…

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Companies to determine protective measures themselves

(GermanPolicy.com) – According to an ordinance by the Federal Cabinet, companies will determine on their own which regulations with regard to infection protection apply in…

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Medical associations for a more comprehensive mask requirement

(GermanPolicy.com) – In view of the high number of Covid cases and a high death toll, representatives of medical associations have demanded that the mask…

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Compulsory vaccination from the age of 18 or 50?

(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) would like to approach the CDU-CSU in view of a general obligation to vaccinate against the…

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Covid-19: back to normal in most parts of Germany

(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the leader of the Liberal parliamentary group in the Bundestag, the FDP supports a “return to normality” through the infection protection…

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Lauterbach: Covid situation still critical

(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) warned on Friday against underestimating the current situation in view of the Corona pandemic. The pandemic…

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