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According to RKI and Ärzteblatt, in 2025 only 34% of Germans over 60 were vaccinated against flu — a 17-year low. Euronews looks at who is recommended vaccinations in Germany this autumn — against flu, pneumococci, shingles, RSV and COVID-19 — and how the coronavirus recommendations have changed.
Aziz KarimovRAS academician Alexander Gorelov reported that the spread of the Stratus strain caused a rise in COVID-19 cases in September. Rospotrebnadzor emphasizes that the variant is not fundamentally new and has been observed since January of last year.
Otabek YusupovDenmark has decided not to seek an exemption from the Europe-wide ban on keeping mink, meaning mink farming in the country will end by August 2029. The government elected in June reversed the previous plan on Friday. The industry earlier experienced the mass culling of about 15 million mink due to a mutated Covid-19 strain.
Javlon TursunovPsychotherapist Yevgeny Kulhavchuk named three signs that distinguish the consequences of COVID-19 from burnout: deterioration of condition 12–48 hours after exertion, difficulty initiating actions while desire remains, and brain fog. According to him, up to 44% of people with long COVID have clinically significant symptoms of depression, so both conditions need to be treated.
Sevara AzamovaThe sixth report of the UK Covid-19 public inquiry, chaired by Baroness Hallett, sharply criticised the protection of the social care sector: more than 43,000 deaths in care homes from March 2020 to July 2022, PPE shortages, patients discharged without isolation, excessive visiting restrictions and unlawful 'blanket' do-not-resuscitate orders.
Javlon TursunovThe UK government has said it is ready to review the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) following Baroness Hallett's report calling for urgent reform. More than 24,000 claims have been submitted, but only just over 1% resulted in one-off payments of £120,000. The campaign group Vaccine Injured and Bereaved UK welcomed the recognition of the problem but demanded concrete commitments and timelines.
Aziz Karimov
