Armin Laschet: Merkel loyalist and Germany’s next chancellor?
Berlin (dpa) – As the leader of the conservative Christian Democrat (CDU) party since January – Germany’s biggest party – Armin Laschet has the strongest claim to be the conservative bloc’s candidate for chancellor. As premier of North Rhine Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state and its industrial heartland, his candidacy for the country’s top job…
US authorities call for suspension of Johnson & Johnson jab
New York (dpa) – Authorities in the United States on Tuesday recommended halting the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine after several cases of blot clots emerged. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) called for a stop to inoculations with the shot as a precaution, after six…
Fly species named after coronavirus
(dpa) – Berlin – Researchers have named a newly discovered fly species in Kosovo after the coronavirus. Potamophylax coronavirus was discovered several years ago in a national park in the country, but researchers only described the caddisfly species scientifically during the pandemic-related quarantine, they report in the Biodiversity Data Journal. The name is a reminder…
