Tag: Lothar Wieler
Infection numbers are increasing rapidly – “We are facing very difficult weeks”
Dusseldorf, Berlin Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach warns of a high number of deaths and massive restrictions on hospital treatments in the current corona wave with the highly contagious omicron…
Corona situation: PRC tests are prioritized
Karl Lauterbach and Lothar Wieler In Berlin, the health minister and the head of the RKI informed the public about the corona situation on Friday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the…
Corona situation: PRC tests are prioritized
Karl Lauterbach and Lothar Wieler In Berlin, the health minister and the head of the RKI informed the public about the corona situation on Friday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the…
These experts will advise the federal government in the future
Berlin A new committee of experts is to put the scientific advice of the federal government on a broader basis. On Tuesday, the top-class 19-person group of scientists, paediatricians and…
Karl Lauterbach holds back as a minister and is considered a procrastinator
Karl Lauterbach, Federal Minister of Health The health minister has warned that the numbers will skyrocket over Christmas. (Photo: Getty Images) Berlin When the number of infections rose sharply about…
Karl Lauterbach does not rule out lockdown
Berlin Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) defended the federal-state resolutions to contain the corona virus, but warned of a fifth wave. “We manage to get the delta wave slowly…
A solo too much by Lothar Wieler – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Lothar Wieler qualified for his immediate dismissal as head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). Yesterday he struck up to protect against Omikron with the demand for “maximum contact restrictions”,…
These experts will advise the federal government in the future
Berlin A new committee of experts is to put the scientific advice of the federal government on a broader basis. On Tuesday, the top-class 19-person group of scientists, paediatricians and…
RKI President Wieler sees no trend reversal in the pandemic – “On the contrary”
Lothar Wieler and Jens Spahn It was Health Minister Spahn’s last Corona situation press conference. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The President of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Lothar Wieler, warns of…
Gefährlicher als Delta? Neue Coronamutante aus Südafrika
Brüssel, Berlin, Frankfurt Die Sorge vor einer neuen, möglicherweise ansteckenderen Virusvariante ist zurück. Grund ist die sich in Südafrika stark ausbreitende Variante B.1.1.529. In Europa ist das Virus bereits angekommen: In…
Gefährlicher als Delta-Variante? In Südafrika breitet sich neue Coronamutante aus
In Deutschland ist nach Angaben des Bundesinnenministeriums vom Freitagabend die neue Corona-Variante bislang allerdings nicht nachgewiesen worden. Es sei davon auszugehen, dass die Verbreitung der neuen Variante bereits deutlich größer…
Jens Spahn and RKI boss Wieler warn of escalation
Berlin If the corona pandemic in Germany were a tanker, it would be leading towards the quay wall at full speed. If one were to turn things around now, then…
RKI boss Wieler warns of a bad Christmas
Berlin, Dresden The President of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Lothar Wieler, has drawn a dramatic picture of the corona situation in Germany. “We are in dire straits at the…
RKI boss Wieler warns – traffic light groups want to ignite a vaccine turbo
Berlin The SPD, Greens and FDP want to get even more people in Germany to vaccinate and speed up booster vaccinations. For many older people, more than six months have…