Corona aid: Thuringia is planning interest-free loans as a bridge

Corona aid: Thuringia is planning interest-free loans as a bridge

The country wants to make interest-free loans possible for service companies. The Thuringian Minister of Economic Affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD) announced on Friday. The money is intended as interim financing until the start of the so-called bridging aid III. – Retailers and body-friendly service providers in particular have not yet been able to benefit from … Read more

Corona pandemic: what the falling numbers mean in Thuringia and what doesn’t

Corona pandemic: what the falling numbers mean in Thuringia and what doesn’t

It is a number that gives hope that the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) published on Thursday morning: Germany-wide 7-day incidence has dropped to 98 and thus only two digits. This was last the case on October 24, 2020. The tightened lockdown is taking effect. It is a success that not only politicians can attach themselves … Read more

Weimar: District court considers Corona contact ban to be unconstitutional

Weimar: District court considers Corona contact ban to be unconstitutional

The Weimar District Court considers the general ban on contact in the Thuringian Corona Regulation from last spring to be unconstitutional. This was decided by the court in the course of fine proceedings. The background to this is that at the end of April last year a man and seven other people celebrated their birthday … Read more

Disregarded corona rules: Thuringian Medical Association is investigating doctors

Disregarded corona rules: Thuringian Medical Association is investigating doctors

The Thuringian State Medical Association is taking action against other doctors who disregard the corona rules. As a spokeswoman for MDR THÜRINGEN said, the chamber now has information on 22 doctors. Specific professional investigations had been initiated against two of them. One case had been handed over to the public prosecutor’s office – because of … Read more

Thousands of violations of corona requirements in Thuringia

Thousands of violations of corona requirements in Thuringia

The municipalities in Thuringia imposed numerous fines between March and December last year for violating the Corona requirements. A survey of ten districts and urban districts revealed that fines of around 380,000 euros were imposed for more than 5,000 violations. – In most cases, the contact restrictions have been violated. But also the night curfew, … Read more

Corona pandemic: major challenges for psychiatric clinics

Corona pandemic: major challenges for psychiatric clinics

Patients often carry off diseases As a spokesman for the Asklepios Klinik Stadtroda MDR THÜRINGEN said, the clinical pictures and symptoms of the patients would increase if they avoid hospitals and inpatient admission. Increasingly older people with dementia are affected. As Professor Dr. Fritz Handerer, Medical Director of the Ecumenical Hainich Clinic in Mühlhausen, said … Read more

Corona rapid tests in pharmacies: security for 48 hours

Corona rapid tests in pharmacies: security for 48 hours

In addition, he says, there are many forms, data protection and insurance law. “Of course, everything has to be adhered to.” And: the employees had to be trained. The pharmacist had asked several doctors about this. Jörg Wittig, who is also Deputy President of the State Chamber of Pharmacists of Thuringia, knows that many pharmacies … Read more

Corona lockdown: That was decided for Thuringia

Corona lockdown: That was decided for Thuringia

Tourist centers The Thuringian Ministry of the Interior supports municipalities “in enforcing the pandemic-related regulations to minimize contact”. The country is reacting to the complaints from several places and regions that they were visited by numerous day trippers during the holidays at Christmas and at the turn of the year and that they could hardly … Read more

Corona news: Ramelow visits the health department in Schleiz for Christmas

Corona news: Ramelow visits the health department in Schleiz for Christmas

Saale-Orla district | Prime Minister visits health department in Schleiz Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) visited the health department in Schleiz in the Saale-Orla district on Christmas Day. The head of government himself sat on the phone and called an elderly couple whose corona test was positive, said the district office. – According to medical … Read more