Friday, March 26, 2021

Germany and Covid-19: 26 March 2021

1.  The plan is still being worked, but it appears that come Sunday....if you fly back from Mallorca....you will be forced to test for Covid-19 at the airport.   This will be some federal directive to be handed down.

2.  Progress on vaccinations?  ARD public TV had a decent piece over this.

The news media and social media are hyped-up over this topic.  Some blame can handed out over Astrazeneca being marginally used by the public (so much negative news).  Additional blame goes toward the delivery schedule of the alternate vaccines.

Compared against other EU members?  They are way down on the list.

3.  The most open state in Germany?  Presently, Saarland (far SW of Germany).  

4. My son works for a German company which has shops in various states.  He's filled in at a shop in Hessen (Frankfurt area) for the past two weeks.  Based on the infection rate....Saturday will be the last open day for that shop, and the city order will shut down this operation for two to four weeks.  Amusingly enough...he'll return to his normal shop (across the state border in the Pfalz, in Mainz)....where they don't have the big infection rate.  His business drawing tons of Frankfurt business?  Obviously, but that's all part of this strange handle on commerce.

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