The nose is running. The heart is racing. The back is hurting. But some sick people don’t want to visit a doctor’s office during corona-times. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, more and more doctors are offering so called telemedicine. One of the features are consultation via video chat. A requirement for this is owning a smartphone, a tablet or a computer with a camera. “Telemedicine can be an opportunity to look after patients in rural areas and in case of a shortage of specialists especially,” writes the consumer centre. However, “remote treatment can’t replace the personal contact between doctor… Read More
Day: November 6, 2020
More companies are employing refugees
Many people who fled to Germany have found work. The Institute of the German Economy (IW) has published a study that shows that more companies than ever before are now employing and training people who fled to Germany. In Germany, for example, one in four companies (24 percent) has refugee employees, which means a total of 429,000 companies. Compared to 2016, the number has thus increased by one percent. The employees are more often unskilled workers than skilled workers and about every tenth company employs refugees within the scope of a dual training program. Companies cited lack of language skills… Read More
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