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Biontech vaccine is less effective in the Omikron variant
Frankfurt After two doses, the Covid-19 vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer offers significantly less protection against infections with the new Omicron variant than against the previously circulating coronavirus variants. The…
Biontech vaccine is less effective in the Omikron variant
Frankfurt According to study data, the Covid-19 vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer is still effective against the new Omikron variant after three doses. After only two doses, the two companies…
Impfpflicht – Wie Europa die Debatte führt
Wien/Brüssel/Paris/Rom/Athen/Berlin Fackelmärsche in Sachsen, Massenproteste in Österreich, Gewaltausbrüche in Belgien und den Niederlanden – kein Thema spaltet die europäischen Gesellschaften so wie die mögliche Einführung einer allgemeinen Impfpflicht. Österreich ist das einzige…
“A much bigger threat than Delta”
Vaccination in South Africa In the meantime it cannot even be said with certainty whether Omikron really originated in southern Africa or perhaps elsewhere. (Photo: AP) Berlin Not much time…
South Africa doesn’t want a hard lockdown
Johannesburg in South Africa Schoolchildren with mouth and nose protection play in the Kgololo Academy in Alexandra Township. (Photo: dpa) Cape Town The country’s newspapers are still reporting calmly –…
Hotels are running away from guests because of Corona
Steigenberger Hotel Frankfurter Hof The number of overnight stays is falling significantly. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Düsseldorf In mid-October, Dorint’s supervisory board chairman Dirk Iserlohe gave the all-clear: sales are back…
“Traffic light” brings General against Corona – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
The interested contemporary who wants to have a say in the virological daily discussions has just got used to the combination “B.1.1.529” and has to rethink it again. Now the…
South Africa is isolated – large parts of tourism may be lost and irretrievably lost
Airport in Johannesburg A traveler desperately tries to get another flight home. (Photo: Reuters) Cape Town For South Africa it is a special kind of déjà vu. Only a year…
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…
Rescue the climate without nuclear power? “That’s impossible, everyone knows that”
Brussels Shortly before the EU Commission’s decision on how to deal with nuclear energy in the future, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton spoke out in favor of classifying nuclear power…
Corona mutation causes economic fears
Vaccination near Johannesburg So far, only every fourth inhabitant of South Africa has been vaccinated. (Photo: dpa) Cape Town Again on the hated travel ban lists: South Africa’s travel industry…
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…
US stock markets slide – vaccine stocks boom
Trader on the New York Stock Exchange View of the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, New York On the US stock exchanges, the opening…
How dangerous is the new corona variant for the markets?
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (archive image) The new corona variant is causing irritation on the stock market. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Düsseldorf The new corona variant in South Africa surprised investors around…
More dangerous than the delta variant? New corona mutant is spreading in South Africa
Johannesburg, Berlin Germany will declare South Africa a virus variant area because of the newly emerging coronavirus variant B.1.1.529. The regulation will come into force on Saturday night, airlines will…
Corona consequences: wave of cancellation affects the event industry
Dusseldorf The stalls for the Christmas market, which is supposed to open on Thursday, are already in Düsseldorf’s Schadowplatz. Käthe Wohlfahrt’s well-known Christmas house has also given smokers and decorations…
Corona: Fourth wave reaches Northern Europe
Shopping street in Oslo In the spring, Norway introduced strict entry restrictions, but later lifted them. (Photo: Bloomberg) Stockholm Bjørn Guldvog from the Norwegian Health Authority is concerned. “We are…
Ministry of Health received 131 million euros
Health Minister Spahn For protective equipment alone, which also includes masks, there were private donations amounting to almost 50 million euros. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal government together with the…
„Die EU-Staaten müssen wieder auf ein solides wirtschaftliches Fundament stehen“
Berlin Als Sanna Marin im Dezember 2019 ihr Amt antrat, war sie die jüngste Premierministerin der Welt. Aber jugendlich-lax regiert sie nicht. In Helsinki muss sie eine Fünf-Parteien-Koalition steuern, in der…
This is how entrepreneurs imagine the tech agenda of the future
Conference participants on the Gaislachkogel in Sölden At an altitude of 3,048 meters, thought leaders from business, science and politics have drawn up a tech agenda for the future.(Photo: Robert…