Angela Merkel EXTENDS Germany’s Covid restrictions into next month despite mass anti-lockdown protests and her party’s election drubbing Thousands of lockdown protesters rallied in cities across Europe this weekend Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel is keen to go ahead with extension Internal memo said rising infection rates could be curbed with the extension By Isabella Nikolic … Read more
Angela Merkel EXTENDS Germany’s Covid restrictions into next month despite mass anti-lockdown protests and her party’s election drubbing Thousands of lockdown protesters rallied in cities across Europe this weekend Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel is keen to go ahead with extension Internal memo said rising infection rates could be curbed with the extension By Isabella Nikolic … Read more
Germany has recorded a sharp rise in coronavirus cases as the country’s top disease expert warned a third wave of the disease has started. There were 14,356 new cases of Covid reported in Germany on Thursday, the Robert Koch Institute said, up from 9,146 cases the previous day. Deaths also increased from 300 reported Wednesday … Read more
Save my sole (till last!): German pensioner, 72, is country’s most tattooed man with 98% covered, leaving only the bottom of his feet bare Wolfgang Kirsch, who calls himself Magneto, has had 86 tattoos in 20 years He had to wait until the fall of the Berlin Wall to get his first body art The … Read more
Two contrasting public statements in the past few days tell you everything you need to know about the vaccination crisis engulfing the European Union. In Britain, the Queen took a clear lead by declaring that anyone hesitant to take the jab should think of others and not themselves. Chancellor Angela Merkel, meanwhile, told 83 million … Read more
Two contrasting public statements in the past few days tell you everything you need to know about the vaccination crisis engulfing the European Union. In Britain, the Queen took a clear lead by declaring that anyone hesitant to take the jab should think of others and not themselves. Chancellor Angela Merkel, meanwhile, told 83 million … Read more
Germany’s biggest-selling newspaper has praised Britain’s vaccine success and Boris Johnson’s plans to lift the lockdown, with a front-page headline saying: ‘Dear Brits, we envy you!’. The article in Bild said the UK’s ‘successful’ vaccine programme had allowed the PM to promise a brighter future while Germany is ‘stuck in lockdown’ and Angela Merkel’s government … Read more
Stunning mountainous European landscapes tend not to be associated with Germany – but these jaw-dropping photographs might help to change that. They show the country’s stunning Bavarian Alps region and its crystal clear lakes, jagged peaks, mesmerising meadows and a fairy-tale castle said to have inspired Disney’s Cinderella Castle design. The amazing images have been … Read more
German scientists will not recommend the AstraZeneca jab for over-65s because they believe there is not enough evidence about whether it works on the elderly, they announced today. A day before EU regulators are expected to approve the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab, a German commission said there was ‘insufficient data to assess the efficacy of the vaccine for persons aged … Read more
Germany blocks Oxford jab for over-65s: Panel says data on older people is insufficient – but does not support ‘8% effectiveness’ claim – amid EU row with Britain over AstraZeneca supplies German scientific panel said Oxford jab should only be used for 18-65 year olds It did not support widely-debunked claim that jab is only … Read more