Tag: pandemic
The acute phase of the pandemic could end in 2022
The World Health Organization (WHO) is cautiously optimistic about the likely corona situation in the next year. Among other things, it is important that at least 70 percent of the…
Lauterbach wants to get a clear picture of the corona pandemic
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach The Minister of Health was “very concerned” about the spread of the Omikron variant. (Photo: imago images / Jens Schicke) Berlin The federal government wants to…
Unemployment caused costs of 63 billion euros in 2020
Logo of the Federal Employment Agency Corona has driven up the expenditure of the Nuremberg authorities. (Photo: imago images / Ralph Peters) Berlin In 2020, unemployment in Germany caused costs…
KfW is assuming a turnaround in new corporate loans
KFW Frankfurt Instead of a decline, KfW is now assuming growth in the credit market. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The state development bank KfW is assuming a trend reversal in new…
Corona deniers and vaccination opponents: how dangerous are they?
Protest against corona policy in Greiz Several hundred people took part in the unauthorized demonstration in mid-December. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The security authorities are pessimistic about the new year. The…
Energy policy with serious consequences – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
It can get a bit blumberant in view of the simultaneity of the energy policy decisions: In a few hours at the turn of the year three German nuclear power…
Shortened corona quarantine periods are met with skepticism
In Germany, too, the debate is picking up speed: One must think about shortening the isolation time – especially with a view to the critical infrastructure, said the chairman of…
Shortened corona quarantine periods are met with skepticism
In Germany, too, the debate is picking up speed: One must think about shortening the isolation time – especially with a view to the critical infrastructure, said the chairman of…
When does Corona become endemic ?: What science knows
PCR analysis Omikron is up to 60 percent more contagious than the previously dominant Delta variant. (Photo: dpa) Berlin By the time the Omikron variant appeared in November at the…
The Union is increasing the pressure in the debate on mandatory vaccination
Berlin In view of a possible sharp increase in corona cases, calls for a quick general compulsory vaccination are getting louder. The Union is increasing the pressure on the traffic…
The Union is increasing the pressure in the debate on mandatory vaccination
Berlin In view of a possible sharp increase in corona cases, calls for a quick general compulsory vaccination are getting louder. The Union is increasing the pressure on the traffic…
“Little judges”: Ulrich Montgomery’s dangerous igniting
World Medical President Montgomery Questionable understanding of the separation of powers. (Photo: dpa) Ulrich Montgomery is known for escalation. On a talk show he recently spoke of a “tyranny of…
Why the economy is optimistic despite Corona
Berlin Germany is entering the third year of the corona pandemic. The fourth wave is raging. But despite the pandemic, the German economy is facing a great year. According to…
“Little judges”: Ulrich Montgomery’s dangerous igniting
World Medical President Montgomery Questionable understanding of the separation of powers. (Photo: dpa) Ulrich Montgomery is known for escalation. On a talk show he recently spoke of a “tyranny of…
Rationality falls by the wayside
Corona protest in Nuremberg Demonstration in Nuremberg against the corona measures. (Photo: imago images / Thomas Vonier) Disenchantment – that is probably the appropriate word at the end of another…
The year 2021 in pictures
Dusseldorf As in 2020, the fight against the coronavirus shaped this year again worldwide. There were enough outstanding events. The USA, for example, has a new president in the form…
That is why Karin Prien is against extended Christmas holidays
Berlin The new President of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) for 2022, Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister of Education Karin Prien, is against a nationwide extension of the…
2G, contact restrictions, dance bans – this is how the federal states are fighting the corona pandemic
Baden-Württemberg: New regulations of the Corona regulation will apply from this Monday (December 27th) – i.e. immediately after Christmas. That was decided by the green-black state government last Thursday. There…
That is why Karin Prien is against extended Christmas holidays
Berlin The new President of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) for 2022, Schleswig-Holstein’s Minister of Education Karin Prien, is against a nationwide extension of the…
DIW boss Marcel Fratzscher warns of a difficult year
Rarely in the past few decades have we looked at a new year with so much uncertainty, worry and fear as we do today. We are in the middle of…