Health

The Coronavirus has killed tens of thousands of people in Germany since it hit the country last year. More than three million Germans got infected. Now, the effect of the vaccine campaign is beginning to kick in. But Corona still poses a danger.

Berlin's Senate Administration of Health found yet another creative way to get people vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease caused by the Coronavirus. In…

In Germany, Health Minister Jens Spahn and his colleagues from the country's federal states decided to put in place new sick pay rules. In some cases, employees…

In Berlin, certain kinds of venues and other establishments will soon be allowed to choose whether they will accept vaccinated and cured persons only, or if they want to welcome individuals with negative Corona tests as well. The new rule is supposed to protect the unvaccinated, and put pressure on them at the same time.

In Berlin, hundreds of nurses are supposed to be on strike again on Monday. Their union Verdi says the latest offer that had been put on the table by the…

In Berlin, people can get vaccinated against Corona at several spots in the city most of which are usually not connected to medical services at all. They…

Hundreds of nurses are now on strike at Berlin's state-owned Charité and Vivantes hospitals. Their union Verdi demands an improvement of its members' labor conditions. Due to the walkouts, 1,500 hospital beds were closed. Many medical appointments had to be cancelled.

In the city state of Berlin, schoolkids will have to wear masks in class for at least another month. The decision was taken by the Hygiene Advisory Board within…

Several federal states in Germany are reopening their discotheques and other dance clubs for the first time since the Corona pandemic hit Europe a year and a…

The fourth Corona wave is hitting all of Germany, but in the west and south of the country the numbers are increasing more quickly. A discussion about restricting unvaccinated persons more than others has begun.