Federal Ministers Warken and Bär launch the “Alliance for Post-Infectious Diseases: Long COVID, ME/CFS"

On 19 November 2025, Federal Ministers Nina Warken and Dorothee Bär launched the new “Alliance for Post-Infectious Diseases: COVID-19, ME/CFS” at a joint kick-off event in Berlin. This marked the beginning of a closer cooperation between the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) and the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) on these conditions and also in the context of the recently announced National Decade against Post-Infectious Diseases. The event focused on the research into Long COVID and ME/CFS, the provision of care to those affected and the successful education of children and adolescents living with one of the conditions as well as the consequences for working life. Experts from the respective fields were invited to enable better networking on these topics of relevance to our society as a whole. Going forward, more events are planned to be held under the auspices of the Alliance. The next opportunity for networking will be the NUM Convention, which will take place on 22 January 2026.