Health

According to the Robert Koch Institute, the zenith of the ongoing Coronavirus wave has been overcome. A week ago, the Institute had said it was likely the peak was in the past. But it does not take a professorship in virology to see the numbers fall.

In Germany, persons who work at hospitals or care homes have been forced to get vaccinated against the Coronavirus since mid-March. But the Berlin Bundestag…

In Germany, persons infected with the Coronavirus were supposed to isolate themselves voluntarily from May 1st. But, three weeks ahead of this date, Health…

Last night, the interim period for federal states that wanted to keep the old Corona rules ended. They now have two options: Get rid of most Corona rules or declare yourselves Corona hotspots.

Now that Berlin got rid of the mandatory mask rule in shops and restaurants, the number of new Corona infections started decreasing. There was hope this trend…

The Federal Republic of Germany is throwing most of its Corona regulations overboard. But two states are applying the 'Corona hotspot rule'. In Berlin, many…

On Thursday, Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported the highest number of new Coronavirus infections of all time. Within the past 24 hours, there have have been more than 318,000. A week ago, the number of new cases had already been catastrophic, but the latest one is at lot higher.

Germany just got rid of almost all Corona rules because the situation was supposed to improve. The problem is that the improvement failed to appear. Now, what?…

Now that both the Bundestag and the Bundesrat have approved the new Infection Protection Act, most Corona regulations are being lifted. Germany will now have…

In Berlin, Olaf Scholz' latest online meeting with the Governors from the sixteen federal states was about both Russia's war against Ukraine and the Corona policy. Germany is trying to deal with two crises. While there is unity in regard to Ukraine, the government's Corona approach led to arguments.