Delta variant to be dominant in Germany in summer: Health minister"The Delta variant will have the upper hand over the summer, it's more a matter of weeks than months," Spahn told a news conference, adding...
25 Jun, 2021, 02.07 PM IST
Germany OKs J&J, AstraZeneca jabs for all adultsHealth Minister Jens Spahn said authorities decided Monday to take the same approach with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, about which there ...
10 May, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
Third wave of pandemic "appears to be broken": German health ministerThe third wave of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be broken, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday, as social distancing mea...
07 May, 2021, 02.28 PM IST
Germany, WHO announce creation of new data hub to fight pandemicsSpeaking at a virtual news conference attended also by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the head of the WHO, Spahn said the world was st...
06 May, 2021, 08.19 AM IST
Germany to talk to Russia about buying Sputnik jabs: Minister"The EU Commission said yesterday that it will not sign contracts (for Sputnik) like for other manufacturers -- such as BioNTech, for examp...
08 Apr, 2021, 01.54 PM IST
Germany sees 20% of population vaccinated against coronavirus by MayGermany has seen a rise in infections as it lags Britain, Israel and the United States in the pace of vaccinations.
05 Apr, 2021, 03.38 PM IST
Political role under fire in European AstraZeneca vaccine suspensionsAstraZeneca says it has found no evidence that the blood clots were caused by the vaccine. The World Health Organization called on countrie...
17 Mar, 2021, 07.46 PM IST
Germany plans to offer free rapid coronavirus tests from March 1Germany plans to offer all citizens rapid coronavirus tests free of charge from March 1, its health minister said on Tuesday.
16 Feb, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
Germany joins EU call for controls on vaccine exportsLast Friday, British-Swedish company AstraZeneca said it would not meet its contractual delivery commitments to the European Union because ...
26 Jan, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
Germany to use Corona meds that helped Donald TrumpGermany will become the first European Union country to start using the same experimental antibodies treatment credited with helping Donald...
25 Jan, 2021, 08.10 AM IST
German COVID-19 fight hit by delay to Pfizer vaccinePfizer started delivering shots in the European Union at the end of December but announced on Friday there would be a temporary impact on s...
20 Jan, 2021, 06.18 PM IST
Germany cannot lift all coronavirus restrictions at end of January - ministerThere would be a need to reduce contacts for another two or three months, Spahn told Deutschlandfunk radio on Wednesday.
13 Jan, 2021, 12.22 PM IST
Germany minister says enough vaccines ordered for allGermany will receive more than 130 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, enough for everybody, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Wednesday, addi...
06 Jan, 2021, 05.49 PM IST
Germany poised to extend coronavirus lockdownChancellor Angela Merkel and regional leaders are expected to agree to extend the restrictions when they convene on Tuesday. It is not yet ...
04 Jan, 2021, 11.58 PM IST
Germany sees rapid EU approval of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccineGermany expects the European Union to give rapid approval to the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca that wa...
30 Dec, 2020, 06.36 PM IST
Germany to spend up to $7.3 billion on vaccination driveGermany will spend as much as 6 billion euros ($7.3 billion) on vaccinating its population against the coronavirus.
07 Dec, 2020, 12.01 AM IST
Germany says its virus outbreak is 'manageable'Figures released by the Robert Koch Institute, Germany's disease control center, show that the number of people infected by every person wi...
17 Apr, 2020, 02.41 PM IST