Aug. 31, 2020 | EN, general conditions, statutory health insurance
The German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) has just announced that the statutory health insurance (SHI) generated a plus of 1.3 billion euros in the first half of 2020. Revenues of a total of 129.9 billion euros are offset by expenditures of „only“ 128.6...
Aug. 31, 2020 | EN, general conditions
In Germany, many people have been treated by doctors for a suspected corona infection. In the state of Bavaria alone, more than 500,000 people have been treated, even though only slightly less than 230,000 citizens throughout Germany have actually become infected with...
Aug. 12, 2020 | general conditions
On 4 August 2020, Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn expressed optimism to journalist Gabor Steingart in the „Morning Briefing“ podcast. According to this, he was very confident that a vaccine against Covid-19 would soon be available. This would then be...
Aug. 12, 2020 | general conditions, homecare /nursing care
When dealing with foreign nurses, who as colleagues are often unable to implement the language requirements in this sector, or cannot do so completely, a lot of patience and attention is required from experienced nurses. Petra Rahn, experienced teacher of...
Aug. 6, 2020 | general conditions
According to information provided by apotheke-adhoc.de, the Mainz-based company BioNTech and the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer have developed a potential vaccine against the lung disease COVID-19, which could be ready for the market as early as October this year if...
Aug. 6, 2020 | general conditions
The City of Vienna has recently taken a different approach to contacts between people who have come into contact with a carrier of the coronavirus. They would actually have to report daily from home quarantine to the Austrian authorities and doctors in order to be...
