Tag: Jens Spahn

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 19:16 UTC

  Germany going through a “pandemic of the unvaxxed”

  

  Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn said his country was going through a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” and called for measures to curb the peak of coronavirus cases registered over the past few days.

• Tuesday, December 22nd 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Following EU approval of Pfizer vaccine, Germany will begin immunization of the elderly on December 27

  

  Germany will begin its first coronavirus vaccinations in care homes for the elderly on Dec. 27, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Monday. He welcomed the approval of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech by the European Medicines Agency as a milestone in the fight against the pandemic.

• Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Germany ready to begin Covid-19 vaccination in mid-December

  

  Germany could start administering shots of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next month, Health Minister Jens Spahn was quoted as saying.

• Saturday, June 13th 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  German health minister demands a more independent Europe for medical supplies

  

  Europe needs to become more independent in supplying itself with face masks and certain medicines as it battles the coronavirus outbreak, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday.

• Thursday, March 12th 2020 - 07:41 UTC

  Merkel warns that up to 70% of German population could contract coronavirus

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that up to 70% of the country's population - some 58 million people - could contract the coronavirus. Mrs Merkel made the stark prediction at a news conference on Wednesday alongside Health Minister Jens Spahn.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:29 UTC

  G7 members will jointly address the coronavirus epidemic

  

  G 7 countries will discuss a joint response to the coronavirus epidemic, Germany's health minister said on Sunday. Jens Spahn said he had talked on the phone with his US counterpart and “we agreed that there should be a conference call, a discussion by G7 health ministers about this question with the aim of dealing with it together”.