The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Pandemic in Europe won't be over until 70 percent are vaccinated, says WHO The WHO's European director warned Friday that the Covid-19 pandemic won't end until at least 70 percent of people are vaccinated, and criticised Europe's vaccine rollout as "too slow". https://www.thelocal.de/20210529/pandemic-wont-be-over-until-70-percent-are-vaccinated-who-director Sat, 29 May 2021 14:50:51 +0200 pandemic-wont-be-over-until-70-percent-are-vaccinated-who-director COMPARE: The different strategies used in Europe to vaccinate against Covid-19 There are big differences in the strategies and organisation used by countries around Europe to vaccinate their populations against Covid-19. Here's a run down that allows you to compare the vaccination policies in place in several European countries. https://www.thelocal.de/20210415/compared-how-countries-around-europe-are-organising-their-covid-vaccine-rollouts Thu, 15 Apr 2021 19:03:25 +0200 compared-how-countries-around-europe-are-organising-their-covid-vaccine-rollouts EU countries to receive Johnson & Johnson vaccines from mid-April Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it would start delivering its single-shot Covid vaccine to Europe on April 19th, giving the continent a boost as it struggles to speed up its vaccination drive. https://www.thelocal.de/20210329/eu-countries-to-receive-johnson-johnson-vaccines-from-mid-april Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:54:24 +0200 eu-countries-to-receive-johnson-johnson-vaccines-from-mid-april EU vaccine chief hopes for tourism boost as he unveils Covid-19 'health passport' The head of the European Commission vaccines task force, Thierry Breton, unveiled the first European "health passport" on Sunday, claiming he hopes Europe will have a summer season "comparable to last year". https://www.thelocal.de/20210328/eu-vaccine-chief-hopes-for-tourism-boost-as-he-unveils-covid-19-passport Sun, 28 Mar 2021 17:35:17 +0200 eu-vaccine-chief-hopes-for-tourism-boost-as-he-unveils-covid-19-passport EU toughens rules for vaccine exports to avoid shortfalls The European Union tightened its vaccine export control mechanism on Wednesday to prevent what it sees as an unfair one-way flow of vaccines out of the bloc. https://www.thelocal.de/20210324/eu-toughens-rules-for-vaccine-exports-to-avoid-shortfalls Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:06:26 +0100 eu-toughens-rules-for-vaccine-exports-to-avoid-shortfalls Covid-19 third wave: Which countries in Europe have the tightest restrictions? Many countries across Europe are ramping up restrictions to try to stem a new wave of Covid-19 infections that has once again left hospitals struggling to cope. But different countries are using different strategies to tackle the virus surge and some countries are even easing measures. https://www.thelocal.de/20210323/covid-19-across-europe-how-countries-are-tightening-restrictions-while-others-are-easing-them Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:18:05 +0100 covid-19-across-europe-how-countries-are-tightening-restrictions-while-others-are-easing-them OPINION: European governments were cautious on AstraZeneca vaccines but they were neither stupid nor 'political' It is the best of decisions and the worst of decisions. Everyone can claim to be right. Everyone is partly wrong, writes John Lichfield on the pausing of the AstraZeneca vaccination campaign across Europe. https://www.thelocal.de/20210319/opinion-european-governments-were-cautious-on-astrazeneca-vaccines-but-they-were-neither-stupid-nor-political Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:09:29 +0100 opinion-european-governments-were-cautious-on-astrazeneca-vaccines-but-they-were-neither-stupid-nor-political Germany puts refugees to work ... for one euro The one-euro job scheme aims to help newcomers into the job market. But is it effective? https://www.thelocal.de/20160516/germany-puts-refugees-to-work-for-one-euro Mon, 16 May 2016 14:30:23 +0200 germany-puts-refugees-to-work-for-one-euro