Health

While party people gathered and danced at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, the infection numbers rose further. This week, the Corona rules in Germany might be tightened substantially.

Professor Christian Karagiannidis of the organization ‘Divi Intensivregister’ is sounding the alarm. He says the occupancy rate in intensive care units at…

In Germany, the government is preparing an amendment of the Infection Protection Act. The "emergency brake", which is supposed to be put in place in counties…

According to Germany's Robert Koch Institute, 25,464 new Coronavirus infections were registered within the past 24 hours. It is the highest number since January 8th, when the second wave was at its peak. An agreement on the Corona policies just ended an argument between Berlin and the federal states.

In the Federal Republic of Germany it is federalism that grants the federal states the right to decide about big questions on their own. According to the 'Bild'…

While leading experts are demanding a strict lockdown that could break the third Coronavirus wave, the republic's First Ministers keep on discussing it. The…

Armin Laschet, the First Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and chairman of Chancellor Merkel's CDU, wants a tighter lockdown and an immediate Corona conference, all of a sudden. Some of his colleagues disagree.

In Munich, Germany's third-largest city, the 'emergency brake' was just applied since the Incidence Number exceeded 100 for three days in a row. Because of the…

Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn announced, individuals who had been vaccinated against Corona could expect more liberties. Soon, they would not need tests…

Fifty-six percent of all Germans believe there should be nightly curfews in the ongoing third Corona wave. This is part of the outcome of a YouGov poll. Some federal states already have curfews.