Corona summit: Bishops outraged about Easter lockdown

Dhe request of the Chancellor to refrain from attendance at church services during the Holy Days and Easter has taken the Catholic and Protestant Churches completely unprepared. The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, wrote on Tuesday on Twitter that one was “surprised” by the decision by the federal and state governments … Read more

Handelsblatt Morning Briefing: CDU fetish “black zero”

– Good morning dear readers, if you read what the CDU is currently publishing about Helge Braun, “their” minister in the Chancellery, one might think that the man is a “submarine” of the Greens or the Social Democrats in the vicinity of Angela Merkel. The party-internal criticism fell on the trained doctor so unanimously and … Read more

The most important answers to the coronavirus mutations – news from Bremen

On this image made available by the US research center “National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases” (NIAID), a cell (green) is infected with the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, purple). (Nians) – It is still at the beginning – but the spread of the highly contagious Corona variants in Germany threatens to accelerate rapidly. Now there are … Read more

Corona numbers: curve with pitfalls | Currently Germany | DW

The positive trend continues: the curve of COVID-19 cases in Germany is pointing further down. The German health authorities have currently reported 6729 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day. There were also 217 new deaths in Germany in connection with the pandemic. Last Monday, the RKI recorded 214 new … Read more

Again many more coronavirus deaths in Hesse

WSince the Hessian health authorities have reported comparatively few new confirmed cases to the Robert Koch Institute since the Christmas holidays, the central corona value is falling in many places in Hesse. A number of circles have slipped below the critical 200 mark. However, their citizens cannot hope for a lifting of the curfew, insofar … Read more

Corona loosening: Two regions should already be in the lockdown again

Kdancer Merkel speaks of “emergency brake”: In order to keep track of infection chains and contact persons in the event of local outbreaks, counties or independent cities with more than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants must implement a consistent restriction concept within the last seven days. This currently applies to two counties. It is … Read more

Chancellery: No easing before April 20 – politics

The Chancellor’s Office has rejected all hopes that the harsh restrictions on public life imposed by the corona virus will soon be eased. Chancellery Minister Helge Braun said the Berliner Daily mirror, there will be no changes until the end of the Easter holidays. Braun said: “We are not talking about any relief until April … Read more