Tag: Health
Employers and trade unions call for vaccinations
(GermanPolicy.com) – Employers and trade unions have appealed to the population to get vaccinated against the Coronavirus considering that the pace of vaccination has slowed. One had to be careful that what has been achieved is not gambled away, employer president Rainer Dulger and Reiner…
Laschet wants to adapt the Infection Protection Act
The candidate for Chancellor of the Union parties, Armin Laschet (CDU), wants to change the Infection Protection Act before the Federal Election in September. The incidence of 50 should be deleted. The incidence in and of itself is “no longer meaningful,” Laschet justified his point…
Baerbock does not exclude compulsory vaccination for professional groups
(GermanPolicy.com) – Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock (Green Party) has not ruled out that in the event of a significant worsening of the Corona situation, compulsory vaccination should apply to some population groups. Compulsory vaccination is legally “not that easy” to implement in Germany, she said….
The majority of hospital patients with Covid-19 do not have any vaccination protection
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the intensive care doctor Christian Karagiannidis, the majority of Covid patients in Germany’s clinics are those have not received any Corona vaccination. In North Rhine-Westphalia, the proportion of Covid patients in hospitals is 12 to 13 percent. “This quota may also…
Vaccinations to protect against Covid-19 make sense from the age of twelve
(GermanPolicy.com) – The German Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine has spoken out in favor of looking at the psychosocial problems of twelve to 17 year olds. The Standing Vaccination Commission, which advises the Federal Government, must protect children and adolescents from the possible consequences,…
Long Covid: a new widespread disease?
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Minister of Health of the Free State of Bavaria and Chairman of the Conference of Health Ministers, Klaus Holetschek (CSU), has commented on the consequences of the post-Covid syndrome. “I see the risk that this so-called post-Covid syndrome will give us aftershocks.”…
Unvaccinated persons to pay for rapid tests from 11 October
By Thorsten Koch GermanPolicy.com The Federal Government and representatives of the Federal States decided this week that persons not vaccinated against Covid-19 will have to pay for rapid concerning the disease out of their own pocket from October 11. Only this way will they be…
Covid-19: Brinkhaus calls for debate on the rights of vaccinated people
(GermanPolicy.com) – The chairman of the Union parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, Ralph Brinkhaus (CDU), has called for a change of perspective with regard to the debate about improvements in Corona vaccinations. “What I am currently witnessing is that the vaccinated are angry with…
Law on the epidemic situation: Spahn against extension
(GermanPolicy.com) – In contrast to SPD candidate for chancellor, Olaf Scholz, who wants to prolong the ‘epidemic situation of national scope,’ Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) wants the corresponding law to expire. The law is currently limited to the end of September. Measures against…
Germany donates vaccination doses to developing countries
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) has announced that the Federal Republic of Germany will donate all deliveries of the vaccine from AstraZeneca that have yet to arrive in Germany directly to the Covax vaccination initiative. The international initiative will then pass them…
Covid-19: police checking test results upon entry into Germany
(GermanPolicy.com) – From this Sunday, travelers to Germany have to present certificates. This is meant to limit the spread of the Coronavirus. On the occasion of mandatory entry tests for persons from the age of 12 to determine whether a person is free from the…
Non-certified travelers from risk areas must quarantine from August
From 1 August, according to a decree by the Federal Cabinet, those entering Germany from the age of 12 will be obliged to present either proof of vaccination, a Covid-19 test result or proof of recovery from the Coronavirus. A government spokeswoman said that the…
