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In the heart of Germany, the city of Oberhausen has been navigating the challenging times of the Coronavirus pandemic with characteristic straightforwardness and pragmatism. As we approach the New Year, there are reasons to be optimistic about the future.
Sonja Bongers, the fraction leader in Oberhausen, has highlighted several positive indicators that suggest the pandemic could be controlled or even brought to an end in 2022. These include increasing vaccination rates, improved treatments, greater public awareness, and the possibility that the virus may become endemic, leading to manageable and less severe outbreaks.
The city's vaccination programme began on December 27, 2020, at Haus Abendfrieden, with the first residents receiving their jabs. The efforts to increase vaccination rates are a crucial step towards reducing severe cases and hospitalizations.
In addition to these medical measures, the city is also taking practical steps to address the deficits exposed by the pandemic. The SPD in local politics has founded a city development company to give Oberhausen influence in shaping its future. This company aims to address issues that cannot be solved locally alone, even with the greatest joint effort.
The pandemic has also led to insights about school learning that will be applied to existing schools. A new comprehensive school will be built in the east of Oberhausen with the best conditions for equipping children for a complex, ever-changing world.
However, the tough months of the pandemic have taken a toll on many in the community. Self-employed individuals, gastronomers, and parents are among those who have lost optimism. To address this, a comprehensive senior support plan will be developed based on a social democratic discussion paper.
The people of Oberhausen are facing the challenges of the pandemic with common sense, pragmatism, and mutual consideration. This spirit is reflected in the motto "Act, not talk," which is reflective of Oberhausen's hardworking nature and is applicable to the challenges ahead.
The new federal government under SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz has made the fight against the pandemic a top priority. The government has provided tools to address the pandemic situation, and many thanks go to doctors, medical staff, helpers, organisers of vaccination campaigns, and soldiers of the Bundeswehr for their efforts against the pandemic.
As we enter the New Year, the SPD city council faction wishes the residents of Oberhausen a happy and healthy 2022. Let us hope that the optimistic indications for ending the pandemic prove to be true, and that Oberhausen continues to face the challenges ahead with its characteristic resilience and determination.
- The city of Oberhausen, navigating the Coronavirus pandemic, is looking towards science and improved treatments as reasons to be optimistic for 2022.
- As part of the city's strategy for workplace-wellness and health-and-wellness, a comprehensive senior support plan will be developed, addressing the mental-health concerns of self-employed individuals, gastronomers, and parents.
- Fitness-and-exercise and personal-growth for children are priorities to be addressed in the construction of a new comprehensive school in the east of Oberhausen.
- Education-and-self-development and policy-and-legislation are at the forefront of the SPD government's efforts, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes fighting the pandemic a top priority.
- The general-news landscape has been dominated by discussions about pandemic management, vaccination rollouts, and mass-vaccination policies in politics.
- Learning from the challenges of the pandemic, Oberhausen's community approach emphasizes common sense, pragmatism, and mutual consideration, embodied in the motto "Act, not talk."
