# IOTA blockchain used to track COVID-19 test results at Frankfurt Airport

# IOTA blockchain used to track COVID-19 test results at Frankfurt Airport

“# IOTA blockchain used to track COVID-19 test results at Frankfurt Airport ” Early on in the pandemic, the heightened need for various biosurveillance measures sparked interest in the relevance of privacy-enhancing technologies such as blockchain that could protect public health data amid the crisis.  An individual Twitter user claimed last week that Frankfurt Airport’s…

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#Germany agrees to extend COVID lockdown until Jan. 31

#Germany agrees to extend COVID lockdown until Jan. 31

“#Germany agrees to extend COVID lockdown until Jan. 31” BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that she has agreed with state governors to extend the country’s current lockdown by three weeks until Jan. 31. Merkel said they also are tightening curbs on social contacts, in line with measures imposed at the beginning of…

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#Swan in mourning brings German trains to a halt

#Swan in mourning brings German trains to a halt

“#Swan in mourning brings German trains to a halt” It was a cygnet failure. A broken-hearted swan mourning its dead mate recently brought trains to a halt for almost an hour on a high-speed rail line in central Germany, according to reports. The sad swan refused to abandon the tracks for 50 minutes on Dec….

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# Germany legalizes digitized securities

# Germany legalizes digitized securities

“# Germany legalizes digitized securities ” The German word for securities is wertpapieren, or “papers of worth,” which may soon be as outdated as nocturnal traders saying they’re burning the midnight oil. Per a Reuters report from Wednesday, Merkel’s cabinet had passed a new law that will end the requirement to have a paper certificate…

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