Category: Health
Steinmeier calls for social cohesion
(GermanPolicy.com) – In his Christmas address, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for society to stand together in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. Steinmeier said:…
Parcel boom and much traffic at Christmas
(GermanPolicy.com) – Deutsche Post reported a parcel boom on Christmas Eve which was celebrated yesterday: The quantities of gift parcels were roughly at the level…
Scholz wants to initiate a general vaccination requirement
(GermanPolicy.com) – The designated Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has announced that a legislative process for a general vaccination requirement will be initiated before the…
Lauterbach: Corona measures will be sharpened before Christmas
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to Karl Lauterbach (SPD), the Corona measures will be tightened before Christmas. Closing bars, clubs and discos is no alternative given the…
Covid-19: knowledge about the mere genetic infectiousness of Omikron is inconclusive
(GermanPolicy.com) – The virologist Alexander Kekulé has expressed that he is not yet convinced that the new Omicron variant of the Coronavirus is significantly more…
A large majority of Germans for a lockdown and compulsory vaccination
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to a Forsa survey, 65 percent of people in Germany are in favor of a lockdown with the closure of shops, clubs,…
Highest court judges the Federal Emergency Brake to be constitutional
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Corona emergency brake with exit and contact restrictions was proportionate in view of the dangerous situation in Germany, the Federal Constitutional Court…
Merkel and numerous prime ministers for compulsory vaccination
(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has described the current pandemic situation as “highly dramatic”. The current measures against Covid-19 are not sufficient; one reaches the…
A new German law against the Covid-19 pandemic
(GermanPolicy.com) – The German Bundestag has passed new regulations to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Among other things, after approval by the Federal Council, 3G regulations…
Heil: risk of loss of wages if vaccination is lacking
(GermanPolicy) – Hubertus Heil (SPD), the acting Federal Minister of Labor, has announced that after the new Covid-19 rules have passed the Bundestag and Bundesrat,…
Vaccinations to be compulsory in nursing professions
(GermanPolicy.com) – A vaccination obligation for employees in the healing and nursing professions should apply in the future with a view on the Covid-19 pandemic….
Merkel supports free citizen tests
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Government has confirmed that it will support the reintroduction of free corona tests which the SPD, FDP and Greens want to…
