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Few pick up music for their physical health, and yet that's precisely the reason to play instruments like the clarinet, didgeridoo and trumpet, according to experts. Playing a wind instrument regularly can complement the treatment of a lung disease, says Thomas Voshaar of Germany's Association of Pneumological Hospitals (VPK). The reason is that the musician can only make a sound in a wind instrument when they build up enough pressure in their airways. And this is precisely what trains the respi

90,000 visitors celebrated at Rock am Ring on the Whitsun weekend, the first big festival after a two-year forced break. Many apparently got infected with Corona. What does this mean for the summer festivals? Is it a mistake to let the masses come together again?

SHARE More than 90 per cent of Germany’s most seriously ill Covid-19 patients come from a migrant background, the head of a German lung hospital is reported as saying. On a conference call with other experts last month, Prof Lothar Wieler – president of the Robert Koch Institute – said Muslims comprised more than 50 per cent of those in intensive care, despite making up less than 5 per cent of Germany’s population. According to said the perils of Covid-19 were not getting through to communities with migrant populations. A hairdresser cuts the hair of a client in Dortmund, surr...

Germany is extending its Covid lockdown by three weeks until March 28 but easing some restrictions to allow non-essential shops and businesses to reopen

Germany is extending its Covid lockdown by three weeks until March 28 but easing some restrictions to allow non-essential shops and businesses to reopen in areas with low infection rates. After about nine hours of talks on Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of the country's 16 states agreed to the measures amid a growing clamor for a return to a more normal life. It comes despite a stuttering vaccination programme which Merkel's health minister Jens Spahn attempted to boost on Wednesday by urging her to let over-65s take the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab. Angela Merkel has announ...