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Will Germany Legalize Recreational Cannabis In 2022? New Push In Motion

Germany is inching toward legalizing recreational cannabis as the government seeks to have the process completed by the end of 2022, reported U.S.News.

Benzinga

Germany pledges medical aid to Ukraine

Germany will help Ukraine provide medical help for war victims by helping build trauma centres for the wounded, donating prosthetic limbs and deploying German doctors to the country, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Friday.

Reuters

Chinese Fakeaway: Court Bans Expert From Alleging Cover-Up COVID’s Chinese Lab Origins

A scientist who accused a COVID-19 expert of hiding that the virus originated in a Chinese lab has been banned from spreading ‘fake news’ after a legal challenge.

Zenger

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As monkeypox cases grow, so do fears of a return of gay blame and stigma

BERLIN — As mysterious cases of a rare and ominously named virus began surfacing in Europe, Germany’s disease control center quickly told people to be on the lookout.

Los Angeles Times

G7 agree pact to better prepare for future pandemics

The Group of Seven wealthy democracies has announced plans to strengthen epidemiological early-warning systems to detect infectious diseases with pandemic potential

The Independent UK

Germany's top court OKs vaccine mandate for health workers

Germany’s top court has approved rules requiring that health workers be vaccinated against COVID-19

The Independent UK

Germany OKs more COVID-19 vaccine spending for this fall

Germany's health minister says the government plans to spend another 830 million euros ($872 million) to buy new coronavirus vaccines that will allow the country to deal with a series of possible variants this fall

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German Health Minister Speeds Up Cannabis Reform For This Summer

Germany decriminalized medical cannabis in 2016 and in November 2021, leaders of Germany’s incoming governing parties stated they had a formal agreement to legalize marijuana.

Benzinga

4 Germans arrested over extremist blackout, kidnapping plan

German authorities say four people have been arrested and have been weapons seized in an investigation of suspected anti-government extremists who allegedly planned to cause a long nationwide blackout and kidnap well-known figures including the country's health minister

The Independent UK

Police Foil Plot to Kidnap Germany's Health Minister

German police have detained four German nationals suspected of plotting to kidnap German health minister Karl Lauterbach and destroy power facilities to cause a nationwide power outage. "The two main suspects are believed to have agreed with others to mount an attack on the federal health minister," a spokesperson for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

German health minister says would-be kidnappers aimed to destabilise state

German health minister Karl Lauterbach said a foiled plot to kidnap him showed that there were forces at play that were using protests against COVID-19 restrictions to destabilise the state and the country's democratic system.

Reuters

German government drops plan for Covid vaccine mandate

Decision taken after MPs rejected draft bill is seen as humiliating defeat for chancellor Olaf Scholz

The Guardian - UK

Germany mulls bringing back masks this autumn

Germany’s health minister says the country may need to bring back a requirement for wearing face masks in public this autumn after lawmakers rejected a proposed coronavirus vaccine mandate

The Independent UK

Germany's Scholz says he will not make second push for vaccine mandate

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was disappointed the lower house of parliament on Thursday voted against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for people over 60, but would not launch a second attempt to push for a mandate.

Reuters

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Evening Standard

Germany U-turns on dropping self-isolation as minister says it would be a ‘mistake’

Only days after announcing plan to drop self-isolation, Germany’s health minister changes mind

Reuters

'COVID is not a cold' - Germany U-turns on ending mandatory isolation

Germany will not end mandatory isolation for most people who catch COVID-19, the health minister said on Wednesday, reversing course after concerns were raised that lifting quarantine restrictions would suggest the pandemic was over.

The Independent UK

German minister backs off ending compulsory COVID isolation

Germany’s health minister has backed off a decision to end compulsory isolation for people who test positive for COVID-19, declaring that it was a mistake and sent the wrong signal

Reuters

German health minister urges people at risk to get second COVID booster

Germany's health minister on Friday urged people over age 60 with risk factors such as high blood pressure or a weak heart to get a second booster shot against COVID-19 to reduce their risk of getting seriously ill.

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The Independent UK

German health minister: no 'freedom day' from COVID yet

Germany’s health minister says it’s too soon to declare a ‘freedom day’ from COVID-19 as the virus continues to run rampant, claiming hundreds of lives each day

Reuters

Germany to receive patients from Ukraine -health minister

Germany is preparing to receive seriously injured civilians and soldiers from Ukraine and patients who have to be transferred from Ukrainian hospitals that have been bombed, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Covid: South Korea reports more than 100,000 new cases for first time – as it happened

Latest updates: south Korean case numbers have risen in recent weeks due to Omicron

Asharq Al-Awsat

Health Minister: Germany Has Passed Omicron Peak

Germany's health minister said Friday that he thinks the country has passed a peak in new daily infections with the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said government measures taken to curb the number of cases had been effective, but he warned against relaxing the public health…

The Independent UK

Germany argues over vaccine mandate for health workers

Germany’s health minister has decried calls from the main opposition party to suspend the implementation of a vaccination mandate for health workers, saying that they send a dangerous signal

The Independent UK

Germany says omicron surge 'under control' despite records

Germany's health minister says a coronavirus surge fueled by the omicron variant remains “under control” despite a string of new infection records

The Guardian - UK

UK reports 89,176 new cases and 277 deaths – as it happened

UK cases and deaths fall day-on-day; Hong Kong government to compensate pet shops affected by culling of hamsters for Covid reasons

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