Corona situation, January 10, 2021: Almost 22,000 vaccinations against Corona in Saxony-Anhalt

Almost 22,000 people in Saxony-Anhalt have already been vaccinated against the corona virus. This is evident from figures that the Ministry of Social Affairs announced on Sunday. One percent of the population in Saxony-Anhalt has now received the first vaccination. In a nationwide comparison, Saxony-Anhalt is making good progress with vaccinations. On Saturday, the state … Read more

Start of self-directed Corona rapid tests at Saxony-Anhalt’s schools

Thousands of teachers and other school staff in Saxony-Anhalt have been able to carry out rapid corona tests since Thursday. According to the Ministry of Education, the aim is to identify possibly undetected infections during the Christmas holidays and to prevent colleagues from becoming infected. – Tests trotz Lockdown The country had already procured and … Read more

Corona situation, January 7, 2021: More than 1,000 new corona infections reported

The Ministry of Social Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt reported 1,041 new people who tested positive for the corona virus on Thursday. This has exceeded the 1,000 mark for those who tested positive. Most of the newly infected people reported come from the Saalekreis (235 positive tests) and Dessau-Roßlau (225 positive tests). – On Wednesday, January 6th, … Read more

Corona data newsletter | Tuesday, January 5, 2021: The virus variant B.1.1.7 – What is known so far

Good evening, dear newsletter friends, I have to say: hats off. Thank you for your many letters, opinions and interesting contributions to my question yesterday about how you got on with the Corona issue. And we in the editorial team were also very happy about the praise. We can only give that back – for … Read more

Countries apparently agree: Corona shutdown will be extended

The new year has just started and things are already happening in quick succession: Today the Conference of Ministers of Education interconnect to to advise on how to proceed in the schools. Saxony-Anhalt’s Education Minister Marco Tullner (CDU) had recently said that he thought it was likely that there would be a change between face-to-face … Read more

Vaccinations against Corona started in Saxony-Anhalt – Haseloff: “It is now up to everyone to participate”

It’s just a side story – because it’s actually about the vaccinations themselves: And yet there have been slight disagreements from politics about the fact that vaccination in Halberstadt was earlier than discussed nationwide. Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) left notify via “image”, actually it had been discussed that everywhere in the EU … Read more

First corona vaccination in Germany in a retirement home in Halberstadt

One day before the official Germany-wide vaccination start, the first residents of a nursing home in Halberstadt were vaccinated against the corona virus in the Harz district. On Saturday afternoon, according to information from MDR SACHSEN-ANHALT, a 101-year-old was the first person in Germany to receive the vaccine from the company Biontech / Pfizer. According … Read more

The effects of climate change on Saxony-Anhalt

What is the worst-case scenario: What could Saxony-Anhalt look like without climate protection in 2050? Claudia Dalbert describes the problems Saxony-Anhalt could face if nothing was done about global warming in the next 30 years: the cities would be less livable due to the increasing heat. There would be conflicts over water in Saxony-Anhalt. It … Read more

New timetable from December 13th: That brings Saxony-Anhalt the 2021 rail timetable

Magdeburg’s railway bridge will be closed to train traffic from April 24th to September 10th. That means for them Railway line Magdeburg-Burg-Berlin im Detail: – The Regionaexpress line 1 Magdeburg-Berlin will be replaced by buses between Magdeburg main station and Magdeburg Herrenkrug. The RE 1 stops at all subway stations between Herrenkrug and Burg, which … Read more