Tag: Covid-19
Federal Ministers Lindner and Pistorius tested positive for Corona
EU confirms plans to digitize the yellow vaccination certificate The EU Commission has confirmed plans to digitize the World Health Organization’s (WHO) yellow vaccination certificate. This is part of a…
Corona sales even higher than expected – oncology further strengthened
Biontech Biontech founders Özlem Türeci and Ugur Sahin (right). (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt As expected, business with Covid-19 vaccines fell sharply at Biontech in the first quarter. The Mainz-based company recorded…
Laboratory accident or not? The origin of Corona remains a mystery
Geneva, Washington It happened at the end of 2019. At that time, infections with the new corona virus first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan. At least two laboratories…
Growth in the diagnostics industry is normalizing after the Corona boom
Frankfurt Normality is returning to the diagnostics industry after the Corona boom. The providers’ growth forecasts are much more sober. The Dax group Qiagen is no exception, as the figures…
Lauterbach advises voluntarily wearing a mask in public transport
Mr. Martin Weiland02/01/2023 09:13 am Mr. Lauterbach could thus make himself liable for damages. Mr. Max Heck01/30/2023 11:26 am The journalistic contribution that the number of those who remain seated…
New omicron subline should become dominant
After the above-average number of respiratory diseases a few weeks ago, people in Germany seem to be struggling less with it again. The estimated rate of acute respiratory diseases fell…
Biontech and Moderna in the expansion race
Frankfurt Your sales in the Covid business will fall significantly in the current year. In research, however, Moderna and Biontech are continuing to expand at high speed. This was made…
Germany introduces mandatory tests for travelers from China – Belgium and Sweden also require tests
Travelers from China will have to present negative corona test results again from January 5 before boarding a plane to England. A government spokesman confirmed this to journalists in London…
Hope lies in new nasal spray
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt China is relaxing its restrictive corona policy and is focusing on new drugs. “We have now entered a new phase of the Covid response, with difficult challenges still…
How China is preparing for the Corona wave
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt China is relaxing its restrictive corona policy and is focusing on new drugs. “We have now entered a new phase of the Covid response, with difficult challenges still…
Canada, Australia and Morocco regulate entry from China – variant XBB.1.5 widespread in the USA
In the USA, a significant proportion of the new corona infections can be traced back to the XBB.1.5 variant, which has only recently been discovered. The US health authority CDC…
Canada, Australia and Morocco regulate entry from China – Taiwan offers help
People arriving from China are allowed from January 5th only enter Canada or Australia with a negative corona test. Morocco will no longer allow travelers from China into the country…
Spain also announces corona testing for travelers from China – Beijing allows Covid medicine Lagevrio
In the massive corona wave in China The Chinese authorities have approved the use of the drug Lagevrio (molnupiravir) from the American manufacturer Merck. The Chinese drug regulator reported on…
Lifting the mask requirement harms the economy – the USA is considering tightening the Covid rules for travelers from China
In view of the corona wave in China Japan strengthens its border controls for travelers from the People’s Republic. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday, All visitors from…
Chinese can get boosters in Hong Kong with Biontech
Corona vaccinations China has long followed a restrictive zero-Covid policy. (Photo: dpa) Hong Kong The Covid vaccine Comirnaty from the Mainz-based company Biontech has played a major role in fighting…
Drosten considers the pandemic to be over – “first endemic wave”
Christian Drosten After almost three years of the pandemic, several federal states are heading towards a new normal in dealing with the virus. (Photo: IMAGO/Sabine Gudath) Berlin According to virologist…
Corona hits China with full force
Shanghai, Beijing The Corona wave has hit the Chinese economic metropolis of Shanghai with full force. Shanghai’s Deji Hospital instructed its staff to prepare for a “tragic battle” with Covid-19.…
China is expecting its biggest corona wave
Coronavirus in Beijing A pandemic prevention team in front of a residential building whose residents are isolating at home. (Photo: Reuters) Beijing Experts are expecting a massive wave of corona…
China eases strict zero-Covid measures
Street scene from Beijing China relaxes corona restrictions. (Photo: Getty Images) Beijing In the fight against the corona pandemic, China has relaxed its tough zero-Covid measures somewhat after popular protests.…
China announces nationwide easing of corona restrictions
Of the President of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Lothar Wieler, advertises in view of the different regulations in the federal states further for the isolation of corona infected people…