Five years of Corona - Virologist Christian Drosten calls for society to come to terms with the pandemic

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Did the Coronapandemie have its origin in nature or in the laboratory? Virologist Christian Drosten is convinced: China could provide clarity. more...

Bavaria's Health Minister Judith Gerlach believes the Free State is well prepared for possible future pandemics and emphasizes that Bavaria has learned a lot about health protection from the Corona pandemic.

Virologist Christian Drosten has called for a societal review of the pandemic. In an interview with Deutschlandfunk, Drosten said that a scientific assessment is needed.

Five years after the outbreak of the corona pandemic, virologist Christian Drosten finds it "striking" that China has not yet provided evidence of a natural virus origin despite technical possibilities. "The more time passes, the more skeptical I become," he told the Wochentaz. "Does state reasons prohibit work on this? Perhaps. The other explanation would be that there was no natural virus at all." After all these years, German politicians sho…

At the end of January 2020, the first case of corona was registered in Germany. Jens Spahn was the Federal Minister of Health at the time and had the most difficult task of his career ahead of him. In the interview, he drew a mixed conclusion.