Associations and left call for significantly more jobs for nurses

Associations and left call for significantly more jobs for nurses

The social association vdk germany spoke on the day of care this saturday of at least 60.000 additional caregivers that are necessary. The leftists mentioned the number of 100.000 caregivers in hospitals and 40.000 in inpatient care facilities, "in order to come close to the european midfield and to enable needs-based care," as the party announced in berlin.

According to the german nursing council, there is a personnel shortage of more than 100 staff in germany.000 nurses. Association president franz wagner therefore demanded that the federal government draw up a "national master plan to secure the provision of nursing care" over a period of at least ten years.

With tact: hearts beat in sync among choristers

With tact: hearts beat in sync among choristers

Controlled inhaling and exhaling is also healthy and can have a similar effect to yoga, the researchers report. Other studies have already shown that choral singing synchronizes the movement of muscles and nervous activity in large parts of the body, reports bjorn vickhoff of the sahlgrenska academy at the university of gothenburg. Now the evidence has been produced that this also applies to the heart.

For their experiments, the scientists love to hear 15 young people in chorus – from monotonous humming to a swedish song to a slow mantra. In each case they documented the heartbeats. The researchers found that song structure and melody are reflected in heart activity. Pulse rate dropped on exhalation, rose on inhalation in between. When singing together, the effect was that the pulse of the singers beat synchronously.

Restaurants in hamburg are allowed to open on wednesday

Restaurants in hamburg are allowed to open on wednesday

Restaurants in hamburg were allowed to reopen from wednesday onwards, subject to hygiene and distance rules. This was reported to the german press agency from senate circles. Earlier NDR 90,3 had reported about it.

According to information from the broadcaster, restaurants and local businesses will be allowed to serve their guests indoors and outdoors. Also in hamburg it is supposed to be valid that up to two families are allowed to sit at one table. The operators had to wear a mouth-nose protection, reported NDR 90,3.

Stress test for domestic industry

At the neuseses site of the dr. Schneider group of companies has demonstrably infected one person with the COVID-19 virus. This is confirmed by the press spokeswoman of the group of companies. The person concerned is currently in domestic quarantine. Another 16 employees were also placed under quarantine immediately after the test results became available, on the instructions of the health authorities.

However, these are not the only effects the corona virus is having on the local industry. In many companies, production has to be scaled down. Every day is currently different, according to the press spokeswoman of the dr. Schneider group of companies, ria schuberth. She assumes that many of the customers will stop their production this week.