Category: Corona

A few weeks before the end of the school vacations in many federal states, the permanent vaccination commission (stiko) is in favor of general corona vaccinations for all children over 12 years of age.

After careful evaluation of new data, it is now concluded "that, based on current knowledge, the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risk of very rare vaccine side effects," the independent body said on monday. Federal and state governments hailed the vote as an important guide for young people and parents, and held out the prospect of rapid vaccination services. But there was also criticism of the stiko and of political pressure on the body.

The candidate for the CDU presidency, friedrich merz, has reacted with sharp criticism to the decision of the party leadership to postpone a decision on the party presidency until the new year.

The cancellation of the election party conference in december, decided on monday by the party executive, was "the last part of the action to prevent merz" in the CDU". "And this is going on with the full broadside of the establishment in berlin", merz told "welt".

Unusual times call for unusual ideas. One night, jeannette binsteiner from arnshausen couldn’t sleep. "I had a difficult low this weekend," she says, she recalls in a telephone conversation with this editorial office. Fear of loss plagued her. "It just came together a lot", she says. Many people are currently feeling the same way. And so she thought about how she could help herself and others. She wanted to make others happy and how could that be easier than with a laugh. And so she sat down and drew a piece of paper with stripes for rubbing off. Every strip got a laugh. She distributed four of these notes on trees and banks in her district of arnshausen.

The response was huge. Already one hour after the first posting, a friend from bad kissingen wrote to her via whatsapp how great she thought the idea was and that she also immediately gulped down the neighbor with a smile. Again and again people thank her via whatsapp or facebook. "The whole thing gave me an energy boost myself", says binsteiner.

Scissors, comb and fohn are disinfected and ready for action. After a forced six-week break from corona, the hairdressing salons in forchheim are allowed to open again. The rush is rough. "As soon as it was known that we were allowed to open, we were bombarded with requests for appointments via instagram and facebook", tells the hairdresser yvonne krampert from the salon "domani art of hair forchheim".

Despite the traditional day of rest, many salons in forchheim opened their doors on monday in order to save the partly unsuccessful lockdown-related self-attempts of the customers. "Especially the boys wanted a quick appointment. But there are also many younger people who have lent a hand themselves and tried their hand at color experiments. A young woman in her early 20s has dyed her blond hair a cheap shade of brown. The result was grun. Such things we had to save yesterday. But this applies more to the younger ones, the older ones have already made such experiences in the youth", the hairdresser says with a laugh.

The dax ended trading on thursday with a strong 1.98 percent gain to 12.568.09 points. Thus, it closed only slightly below its daily high reached shortly before.

The high losses from the previous week, when new corona lockdowns were decided, have thus been virtually made up for. Since its low last friday at 11.450 numbers, the german benchmark index has already gained more than 1100 points again. On the penultimate trading day of the week, the mdax index of 60 mid-cap stocks gained 0.95 percent to 27.Up 498.94 points.