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According to his own statements, the virologist Alexander Kekulé is no longer allowed to research and teach at the University of Halle for the time being.
The Martin Luther University pronounced a "temporary dismissal" against him, said Kekulé, who holds a professorship there, on Tuesday the news agency dpa.
He has already spoken to a lawyer and will take legal action against it.
The "Mitteldeutsche Zeitung" (MZ) had previously reported.
The university could not be reached for comment.
The process has a long history, said Kekulé.
For years he has been fighting for better equipment for his microbiological institute.
Now the university is apparently trying to get rid of him with allegations.
Obviously it is about the scope of courses
According to the MZ report, one of the disciplinary proceedings is about the teaching obligations of the professor. According to the MZ, the subject of an examination is apparently, among other things, the extent to which Kekulé offered courses and whether they all took place in this way. According to Kekulé, it was about an internship last year, which he should have had in violation of the Corona requirements, reports the dpa.
According to civil service law, temporary dismissal can be issued once disciplinary proceedings have been initiated. The official is thus temporarily prohibited from continuing his official business. According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the measure is intended primarily for those cases in which it is to be expected that "in the disciplinary proceedings the removal from the civil servant relationship will presumably be pronounced".
Kekulé is a professor and has been director of the Institute for Medical Microbiology at the University Hospital in Halle an der Saale for more than 20 years.
But critics at his faculty accused him of being better able to do his research and teaching.
Measured against national and international standards, the research activity of the institute is "extremely low," said Michael Gekle, Dean of the Medical Faculty.
Kekulé denied that. (Read more here.)
Alexander Kekulé made the corona pandemic known.
With talk shows, interviews and his podcast "Kekulés Corona-Kompass" he reached an audience of millions.
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