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
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
European stocks subdued on Orsted profit warning; Carrefour surgesCarrefour SA was up 10.6% after Canadian convenience-store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc said it had approached Europe's biggest re...
13 Jan, 2021, 02.30 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
European shares slip on Brexit, virus worriesThe pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.1%, while London's FTSE 100, which has been outperforming regional peers in recent sessions, fel...
08 Dec, 2020, 02.09 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