Tag: Health
Chancellery Minister opts for Home Schooling for Older Students
The Minister of State in the Federal Chancellery, Braun, has called for the federal and state conference on Corona measures to focus on schools when it convenes next week. The existing measures have broken infection dynamics, but the numbers are not yet sufficiently low. Braun…
Patient records – insured persons should be able to control their data
The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection, Kelber, considers the electronic patient file to be partly incompatible with EU law. The patient record should become effective in a few weeks. Kelber criticized, above all, the fact that the insured cannot control who can view which data….
Mask requirement in parliament goes for AfD, too
The AfD parliamentary group must comply with the mask requirement in the German Bundestag. This emerges from a decision by the Berlin Administrative Court. The President of the Bundestag has house law powers, and the AfD faction must comply. The mask requirement is intended to…
Merkel: Corona vaccine possibly by the turn of the year
Chancellor Merkel is confident that Corona vaccines could be made available in December or early 2021, she said after a video conference of the EU Heads of State and of Government. Merkel sees a challenge in the logistics of one of the products. The leaders…
60 nationwide vaccination centers planned in Germany
It is planned that the vaccines against the Coronavirus will be available at 60 locations, according to press reports. There should be no obligation to vaccinate. It should instead be voluntary. The distribution of vaccine dosages, which is broken down according to the population of…
Call for fewer contacts – decision on Corona measures in one week
by Thorsten Koch The Bavarian Prime Minister Söder (CSU) has “little hope that the measures to contain the Corona pandemic can be lifted by the end of November”. “We have to rely on security,” explained Söder. The lockdown must be maintained until it will yield…
New functions for the German Corona warning app – continued voluntary use
by Thorsten Koch Several politicians have called for the official Corona warning app to be more effective. As CDU health politician Sorge said, “alleged privacy concerns” have slowed down the app. In the future, the health authorities should have direct access. This opinion is not…
Lockdown in Germany Amid Second Wave of Covid-19
by Thorsten Koch From this Monday, November 2, restaurants and pubs in Germany will not be allowed to open to dining guests. Sports facilities, swimming pools, museums, cinemas and theaters, as well as other entertainment venues, will remain closed. In addition, hotels will not be…
Respecting the rules to limit the Corona pandemic – in view of an increasing number of infections in Germany
by Thorsten Koch Anyone who has traveled to risk areas as a tourist and returns to Germany must be tested for the Coronavirus from Saturday, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) announced. A legal provision that provides for a smear examination being taken will then…
Bund takes share in CureVac
The federal government takes a share in CureVac in order to promote the development of a vaccine against the Coronavirus. As Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier announced, the KfW development bank is taking over around 23 percent of the shares in the biotech company…
Tobacco advertising to be banned after a vote of the Bundestag
The Bundestag has passed a ban on tobacco advertising, which prohibits advertising of tobacco products in cinemas and the distribution of free samples outside the specialist trade from 2021. From 2022, a ban on advertising for cigarettes should apply to billboards, for tobacco heaters beginning…
Prime Minister Hans asks for caution on summer vacation
Saarland’s Prime Minister Hans asked for special caution during the summer vacation. Especially parents with schoolchildren should avoid risk areas. All citizens are required to take the regional levels of infection into account when choosing their respective holiday destination. On vacation, on should adhere to…
