Yes, it’s absurd. For instance, doctors get money for sending faxes, but not for e-mails (AFAIK). And the German attempt at introducing a domestic secure e-mail system has never really taken off.
I thought the announcement in the winter was meant they finally were getting away from that. It was that only for Covid reporting?
Fax is still used often in the US As well, mostly old farts who won’t upgrade in the industrial world, government, and medical.