Records can be original, ridiculous, funny and not so much. The latter include deadly diseases. The coronavirus pandemic, which was rashly compared to the “Spanish flu” that devastated lives at the beginning of the last century, is still fresh in people’s memories. Only coronavirus is not considered the deadliest disease. WHO, which studied mortality data … Read more
The picture of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of the World Health Organization, will be linked for life to Covid-19. However, since the Ethiopian leader took over the reins of the international organization, progress has also been made in the fight against other diseases. Last Monday, without going any further, announced WHO support for a new … Read more
DThe World Health Organization (WHO) does not recommend any further corona booster vaccinations for adults with “medium” risk. For this population group – if they have received their basic immunization and a booster dose – the benefit of another vaccination is low, explained the WHO vaccination experts on Tuesday. The UN Health Organization’s Advisory Expert … Read more
The Emergency Committee of the International Sanitary Regulationsmeeting at the request of the World Health Organization (WHO) last Friday, January 27, has agreed to continue considering Covid-19 as a a public health emergency of international concern. In this way, it is ruled out for the moment to attenuate the level of alert at a global … Read more
“Opening with security” in Tübingen: Green light for model project Despite high corona numbers nationwide, the state of Baden-Württemberg and the city of Tübingen want to test opening steps there from this Tuesday. According to information from Monday, the model project “Opening with Safety” is intended to gather experience of the possibilities that exist through … Read more
Thuringia stops granting vaccination appointments due to AstraZeneca delivery problems Due to drastic delivery problems of the AstraZeneca corona vaccine, Thuringia is temporarily stopping appointments for vaccinations and postponing the start of vaccinations for general practitioners. Thuringia’s Minister of Health Heike Werner (Linke) described the announced delivery cut as “absolutely unacceptable”, as Werner’s ministry announced … Read more
Thuringia stops granting vaccination appointments due to AstraZeneca delivery problems Due to drastic delivery problems of the AstraZeneca corona vaccine, Thuringia is temporarily stopping appointments for vaccinations and postponing the start of vaccinations for general practitioners. Thuringia’s Minister of Health Heike Werner (Linke) described the announced delivery cut as “absolutely unacceptable”, as Werner’s ministry announced … Read more
The risk of infection is so different in different rooms The length of stay in closed rooms is particularly decisive in the spread of the corona virus. The longer you stay in a room, the more aerosols are inhaled and thus the risk of becoming infected increases. This was shown by scientists from the TU … Read more
Braun: “Careful steps are necessary” Chancellery Minister Helge Braun (CDU) defended the resolutions of the Corona top meeting. In the ZDF “Morgenmagazin”, Braun referred to the new situation that arose with the spread of mutants of the virus. “Therefore, careful steps are necessary,” he said. “If we were still dealing with the wild type of … Read more
Kretschmann admits errors in the corona policy and slows down any easing Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) has admitted errors in crisis management in the corona pandemic. “The lockdown light in November was wrong, the restrictions did not go far enough,” said Kretschmann to the “Tagesspiegel am Sonntag”. “We had the announcement from parts … Read more