Berlin, Feb 3 (Ians) After almost two years, Germany has lifted the mandate to use protective face masks on long-distance trains and buses as the Covid-19 pandemic loosened its grip on the country.
The new rule entered into force on Thursday, reports Xinhua news agency.
Some of the country’s federal states had lifted the mask mandate earlier.
As infection numbers are declining, Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach has brought forward the end of mandatory mask use from April, but continues to recommend voluntary mask use.
Since the beginning of 2023, Germany’s Covid-19 incidence has dropped from around 160 cases per 100,000 residents to just 92 on Thursday, according to official figures.
The last remaining measures — the obligation for infected persons to self-isolate and the mask requirement at healthcare facilities — are also to be lifted soon.
Meanwhile, German vaccine developer BioNTech is upgrading one of its plants in Marburg, Hesse, at a cost of...
The new rule entered into force on Thursday, reports Xinhua news agency.
Some of the country’s federal states had lifted the mask mandate earlier.
As infection numbers are declining, Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach has brought forward the end of mandatory mask use from April, but continues to recommend voluntary mask use.
Since the beginning of 2023, Germany’s Covid-19 incidence has dropped from around 160 cases per 100,000 residents to just 92 on Thursday, according to official figures.
The last remaining measures — the obligation for infected persons to self-isolate and the mask requirement at healthcare facilities — are also to be lifted soon.
Meanwhile, German vaccine developer BioNTech is upgrading one of its plants in Marburg, Hesse, at a cost of...
- 2/3/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Jan 17 (Ians) India’s Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday invited all stakeholders to look at his country as a land of opportunities and take advantage of these by partnering with it, adding that this endeavour would lead towards making India and world a healthier place.
“We are working towards augmenting health infrastructure and have initiated multiple schemes to strengthen health systems and improve health service delivery with focus on quality, accessibility and affordability of healthcare services,” he said while participating in Health & Healthcare Community Dinner organised by World Economic Forum (Wef) at its meet in Switzerland’s Davos.
He reiterated the vision of India of according the topmost priority to healthcare as seva (service).
“Be it launch of the world’s biggest government funded health assurance scheme, Pm Jan Aarogya Yojana covering approximately 500 million people or establishment of 150,000 Health & Wellness Centres, we have put the vision of ‘Antyodaya’, that is,...
“We are working towards augmenting health infrastructure and have initiated multiple schemes to strengthen health systems and improve health service delivery with focus on quality, accessibility and affordability of healthcare services,” he said while participating in Health & Healthcare Community Dinner organised by World Economic Forum (Wef) at its meet in Switzerland’s Davos.
He reiterated the vision of India of according the topmost priority to healthcare as seva (service).
“Be it launch of the world’s biggest government funded health assurance scheme, Pm Jan Aarogya Yojana covering approximately 500 million people or establishment of 150,000 Health & Wellness Centres, we have put the vision of ‘Antyodaya’, that is,...
- 1/17/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Berlin, Oct 15 (Ians) Germany’s Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach called on the country’s federal states to reintroduce stricter requirements for wearing face masks as Covid-19 infection figures are rising amid the current autumn wave.
“The sooner you hit the brakes, the better it is,” Lauterbach said at a press conference on Friday.
Since the beginning of the month, German states have been authorised to set individual Covid-19 measures, reports Xinhua news agency.
There are only a few exceptions, such as a nationwide FFP2 mask mandate on long-distance trains.
It would make sense to “work with small restrictions now rather than reacting with very drastic ones late”, Lauterbach said.
Germany’s seven-day Covid-19 incidence rate increased to 760 infections per 100,000 inhabitants on Friday from around 578 one week earlier, according to the Robert Koch Institute (Rki) for infectious diseases.
Lauterbach said he suspected a “considerable number of unreported cases”, making the...
“The sooner you hit the brakes, the better it is,” Lauterbach said at a press conference on Friday.
Since the beginning of the month, German states have been authorised to set individual Covid-19 measures, reports Xinhua news agency.
There are only a few exceptions, such as a nationwide FFP2 mask mandate on long-distance trains.
It would make sense to “work with small restrictions now rather than reacting with very drastic ones late”, Lauterbach said.
Germany’s seven-day Covid-19 incidence rate increased to 760 infections per 100,000 inhabitants on Friday from around 578 one week earlier, according to the Robert Koch Institute (Rki) for infectious diseases.
Lauterbach said he suspected a “considerable number of unreported cases”, making the...
- 10/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Berlin, Oct 8 (Ians) Since the start of the Oktoberfest celebrations in September in Germany’s Bavaria, the seven-day incidence of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people has been on a steady increase in and around the state capital Munich, local authorities said.
The incidence rate in the state has nearly tripled to 818, the Robert Koch Institute (Rki) said on Friday.
At the federal level, the incidence rate has doubled to 577.5 over the same period, Xinhua news agency reported citing the Rki as saying.
Even if a connection with the festival cannot be proven scientifically due to insufficient data, Bavaria’s Health Minister Klaus Holetschek acknowledged last week that he believed the event “has had an impact”.
Following a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of revelers from all corners of the world converged in Bavaria to attend the world’s largest Volksfest featuring beer, veal sausages and folk music.
The...
The incidence rate in the state has nearly tripled to 818, the Robert Koch Institute (Rki) said on Friday.
At the federal level, the incidence rate has doubled to 577.5 over the same period, Xinhua news agency reported citing the Rki as saying.
Even if a connection with the festival cannot be proven scientifically due to insufficient data, Bavaria’s Health Minister Klaus Holetschek acknowledged last week that he believed the event “has had an impact”.
Following a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, millions of revelers from all corners of the world converged in Bavaria to attend the world’s largest Volksfest featuring beer, veal sausages and folk music.
The...
- 10/8/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Berlin, Aug 27 (Ians) The German government is distributing 19,500 more monkeypox vaccine doses across the country next week, the Health Ministry said, as demand continues to outstrip supply in hotspots.
Some 40,000 doses were shipped to Germany’s states in June and another 5,300 in July, dpa news agency reported on Saturday.
The federal government has signed contracts for a total of 240,000 doses.
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said the spread of the disease needs be prevented by all available means.
“This includes good contact tracing by the health offices, comprehensive education and the vaccination of people particularly at risk,” he said.
Sven Lehmann, the government’s commissioner overseeing issues in the queer community, said: “The willingness to vaccinate, especially among men who have sex with men, is high.”
“But especially in hotspots, the demand is much higher than the supply,” Lehmann said, adding that in some cities, those seeking vaccinations are having difficulty getting appointments.
Some 40,000 doses were shipped to Germany’s states in June and another 5,300 in July, dpa news agency reported on Saturday.
The federal government has signed contracts for a total of 240,000 doses.
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said the spread of the disease needs be prevented by all available means.
“This includes good contact tracing by the health offices, comprehensive education and the vaccination of people particularly at risk,” he said.
Sven Lehmann, the government’s commissioner overseeing issues in the queer community, said: “The willingness to vaccinate, especially among men who have sex with men, is high.”
“But especially in hotspots, the demand is much higher than the supply,” Lehmann said, adding that in some cities, those seeking vaccinations are having difficulty getting appointments.
- 8/27/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Berlin, Aug 25 (Ians) The German Cabinet has approved tougher state intervention measures ahead of an expected fresh wave of coronavirus infections this autumn.
These include the mandatory wearing of FFP2 masks on aeroplanes and long-distance trains nationwide, reports dpa news agency.
Children between the ages of 6 and 14, as well as staff, will also be allowed to wear medical masks.
Masks are to be compulsory in clinics and nursing homes throughout Germany, and proof of a negative Covid test will be required before entry.
The federal states will be able to impose further protective requirements from October 1 to April 7, depending on the level of infection.
These include mandatory wearing of masks on local buses and trains and in other publicly accessible indoor areas.
There will be a mandatory exemption from the mask requirement if a person can present a negative test result when attending cultural, recreational or sporting events and in restaurants.
These include the mandatory wearing of FFP2 masks on aeroplanes and long-distance trains nationwide, reports dpa news agency.
Children between the ages of 6 and 14, as well as staff, will also be allowed to wear medical masks.
Masks are to be compulsory in clinics and nursing homes throughout Germany, and proof of a negative Covid test will be required before entry.
The federal states will be able to impose further protective requirements from October 1 to April 7, depending on the level of infection.
These include mandatory wearing of masks on local buses and trains and in other publicly accessible indoor areas.
There will be a mandatory exemption from the mask requirement if a person can present a negative test result when attending cultural, recreational or sporting events and in restaurants.
- 8/25/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Berlin, Aug 25 (Ians) The German Cabinet has approved tougher state intervention measures ahead of an expected fresh wave of coronavirus infections this autumn.
These include the mandatory wearing of FFP2 masks on aeroplanes and long-distance trains nationwide, reports dpa news agency.
Children between the ages of 6 and 14, as well as staff, will also be allowed to wear medical masks.
Masks are to be compulsory in clinics and nursing homes throughout Germany, and proof of a negative Covid test will be required before entry.
The federal states will be able to impose further protective requirements from October 1 to April 7, depending on the level of infection.
These include mandatory wearing of masks on local buses and trains and in other publicly accessible indoor areas.
There will be a mandatory exemption from the mask requirement if a person can present a negative test result when attending cultural, recreational or sporting events and in restaurants.
These include the mandatory wearing of FFP2 masks on aeroplanes and long-distance trains nationwide, reports dpa news agency.
Children between the ages of 6 and 14, as well as staff, will also be allowed to wear medical masks.
Masks are to be compulsory in clinics and nursing homes throughout Germany, and proof of a negative Covid test will be required before entry.
The federal states will be able to impose further protective requirements from October 1 to April 7, depending on the level of infection.
These include mandatory wearing of masks on local buses and trains and in other publicly accessible indoor areas.
There will be a mandatory exemption from the mask requirement if a person can present a negative test result when attending cultural, recreational or sporting events and in restaurants.
- 8/25/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Berlin, Aug 25 (Ians) The German Cabinet has approved tougher state intervention measures ahead of an expected fresh wave of coronavirus infections this autumn.
These include the mandatory wearing of FFP2 masks on aeroplanes and long-distance trains nationwide, reports dpa news agency.
Children between the ages of 6 and 14, as well as staff, will also be allowed to wear medical masks.
Masks are to be compulsory in clinics and nursing homes throughout Germany, and proof of a negative Covid test will be required before entry.
The federal states will be able to impose further protective requirements from October 1 to April 7, depending on the level of infection.
These include mandatory wearing of masks on local buses and trains and in other publicly accessible indoor areas.
There will be a mandatory exemption from the mask requirement if a person can present a negative test result when attending cultural, recreational or sporting events and in restaurants.
These include the mandatory wearing of FFP2 masks on aeroplanes and long-distance trains nationwide, reports dpa news agency.
Children between the ages of 6 and 14, as well as staff, will also be allowed to wear medical masks.
Masks are to be compulsory in clinics and nursing homes throughout Germany, and proof of a negative Covid test will be required before entry.
The federal states will be able to impose further protective requirements from October 1 to April 7, depending on the level of infection.
These include mandatory wearing of masks on local buses and trains and in other publicly accessible indoor areas.
There will be a mandatory exemption from the mask requirement if a person can present a negative test result when attending cultural, recreational or sporting events and in restaurants.
- 8/25/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Berlin, Aug 20 (Ians) The number of daily Covid-19 infections in Germany continues to fall, but the infection risk remains high, the country’s Robert Koch Institute (Rki) for infectious diseases said.
This week, 46,724 new infections were registered, around 3,000 less than one week ago, Rki said in its weekly report on Friday. However, it warned: “Despite the decline in case numbers, the infection risk for the general population remains high for all age groups.”
The associated burden on the healthcare system also remains high, “even though the operating situation has improved slightly in the past week.”
In the coming weeks, Rki expects to see continued high number of hospitalisations, both Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care and fatalities from the disease, particularly in the older age groups.
Vaccination remains important as it protects against severe forms of Covid-19 caused by the Omicron variant, Rki stressed. Unvaccinated persons of all age groups have...
This week, 46,724 new infections were registered, around 3,000 less than one week ago, Rki said in its weekly report on Friday. However, it warned: “Despite the decline in case numbers, the infection risk for the general population remains high for all age groups.”
The associated burden on the healthcare system also remains high, “even though the operating situation has improved slightly in the past week.”
In the coming weeks, Rki expects to see continued high number of hospitalisations, both Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care and fatalities from the disease, particularly in the older age groups.
Vaccination remains important as it protects against severe forms of Covid-19 caused by the Omicron variant, Rki stressed. Unvaccinated persons of all age groups have...
- 8/20/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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