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Er weist daraufhin, dass die Qualität der Tests auch je nach Anbieter sehr unterschiedlich sei. „Diskothekenbetreiber sollten darauf achten, dass sie Schnelltests mit einer hohen Sensitivität nutzen. Außerdem könnten sie Entkeimungsgeräte aufstellen, die über UV- oder UVC-Strahlung die Keime in der Aerosolwolke abtöten.“ Infizierte in Clubs in Aachen, Hannover und Karlsruhe Zuletzt hatte es zwei Corona-Fälle in einer Aachener Diskothek gegeben. Die Infizierten feierten am 16. und 17...

Vaccine Shortage Sparks Fights Over Who Should Get First Shots © thomas kienzle/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images As a shortage of Covid-19 shots slows vaccination efforts in the West, groups that havent been given high priority are increasingly jostling for the right to get immunized first. In most countries that are currently deploying vaccines, those most at risk of dying or getting seriously ill from the virus—nursing home residents and those caring for them, medical workers and the eld...

Dec. 17, 2020 7:09 am ET BERLIN—When Covid-19 swept across Europe this spring, Germany gained plaudits for its handling of the pandemic. Now authorities fear they are losing control of the virus. Germany registered one of the lowest death rates from the disease in the world in the first half of the year. It had fewer infections than most of its large neighbors and its hospitals never ran out of emergency care beds, factors that led to the government enacting one of the mildest lock...