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Corona, who will be vaccinated first

May 10, 2026 • 05:45 PM

The federal government has revised the coronavirus vaccination regulation. The updated version has been in effect since February 8. Among other things, the new version changes the vaccination sequence - at least in parts. What remains unchanged is that there are four different vaccination groups that take their turn one after the other. However, the composition of these groups has changed. As a result, considerably more people now belong to group two than before. However, it is already clear...

Corona vaccination: Serbia becomes a role model

May 10, 2026 • 05:45 PM

In Germany and in most EU countries, there is widespread impatience at the Corona vaccination process. Too little vaccine and a haphazard inefficent rollout. However, the mood is slightly different in Serbia. The EU candidate country has now vaccinated well over 500,000 people with the first dose - out of a total population of almost seven million. This puts Serbia in second place in Europe (not the EU) behind Great Britain when the Corona vaccination rate is compared with the size of the...

Germany lockdown extension latest

May 10, 2026 • 05:45 PM

The nationwide lockdown will be extended until March 7 following a decision by German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the state premiers. Merkel and the heads of the state governments agreed on the latest measures on Wednesday. Only hair salons can reopen on March 1, subject to strict compliance with hygiene requirements. According to the decision, further-reaching relaxations, for example for the retail sector, can only be made as soon as a stable incidence value of no more than 35 new...

Federal government and Google move blocked

May 10, 2026 • 05:45 PM

The Munich Regional Court has temporarily banned a cooperation between the federal government and Internet company Google on a health portal, according to SZ. The judges on Wednesday essentially granted two applications for preliminary injunctions against the Federal Republic, represented by the Federal Ministry of Health, and the U.S. company, according to the court. The rulings are not yet final. The court considered the company's cooperation with the ministry to be an antitrust violation. It...

How much does private health insurance cost in Germany

May 10, 2026 • 05:45 PM

German private health insurance is an option for people who either earn over 64,350 EUR per annum (as of 2021), or are self-employed. Additionally civil servants can also acquire private health insurance, which in German is called Private Krankenversicherung (PKV). The costs of PKV vary considerably, based on what services you wish for and what circumstances you have. For a rough estimate, fill out the German private health insurance comparison form to see what others are paying for their...

Spahn and Soder aim to continue lockdown

May 10, 2026 • 05:45 PM

German Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) and Bavaria's Minister President Markus Söder (CSU) have hinted at maintaining Corona containment measures two days before a fresh meeting between the federal and state governments. On Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the state premiers plan to meet yet again to discuss further action on the Corona crisis. Spahn said on an ARD TV show: "Everyone wants a six-month plan, but there just can't be one in this dynamic, in this pandemic. The...

RKI reports 8616 new infections

May 10, 2026 • 05:45 PM

In Germany, the number of confirmed cases of Corona rises by 8616 to a total of 2,284,010. Health authorities also reported 231 additional deaths related to the coronavirus to the Robert Koch Institute within 24 hours. A total of 61,517 people have thus died in Germany since the start of the pandemic. The seven-day incidence drops to 75.6 on Sunday morning, a figure that indicates how many people per 100,000 population have been proven to be infected within seven days. The German government is...

Germany virus latest

May 10, 2026 • 05:45 PM

Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn is optimistic during today's press conference, but at the same time points out that Germany still faces tough weeks ahead. He admits that the start of the vaccination campaign was difficult, and that workers were overloaded when it came to making appointments. "All of this has led to disappointment," Spahn says. But now, he says, they have the means to defeat the virus. Not immediately, but within the year. "I, too, am tired of this pandemic. I, too, want to...

Virus mutations cause concern

May 10, 2026 • 05:45 PM

In Cologne alone, 114 cases of variant B.1.1.7 and 52 cases of variant B.1.351 were recently reported. There will be an official overview of the actual spread at the beginning of next week, according to reports from Berlin and the website FAZ. In view of the significant spread of highly contagious Corona variants in Germany, authorities are working at full speed to provide an overview of the situation. Early next week, there should be an official overview of the actual spread of these...

EU authority: additional benefit of FFP2 masks quite low

May 10, 2026 • 05:45 PM

At a time when many people are already stressed out by anti-corona measures, this is news that no one will like to hear: The EU's health agency, ECDC, expresses doubt that FFP2 masks add enough to everyday life to make them worth wearing. "The expected added value of universal use of FFP2 respirators in the community is very low," the Stockholm-based agency told Deutsche Presse-Agentur in response to a query. Speaking in Brussels, EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides confirmed the EU...

Sputnik V, a Russian symbol of solidarity with the EU

May 10, 2026 • 05:45 PM

The development of Russia's corona vaccine "Sputnik V" has so far been viewed skeptically in the West. The fact that Moscow approved the vaccine in August after it had been tested on fewer than a hundred subjects and the central third test phase had not yet begun was the subject of particularly fierce criticism. Lack of transparency and withheld data also led to incomprehension. But on Tuesday, the renowned medical journal "The Lancet" published peer-reviewed preliminary results of the third...

Bayer wants to produce German Curevac vaccine

May 10, 2026 • 05:45 PM

Pharmaceutical giant Bayer plans to enter the production of Corona vaccines, providing a helping hand to Tübingen-based biotechnology company Curevac. The two companies announced on Monday that they had expanded a cooperation agreement already signed in early January. According to the FAZ website, Bayer Management Board member Stefan Oelrich said a thorough review of the company's own capabilities showed "that we have the necessary skills and capabilities to be able to produce Curevac's...

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