Europe

German COVID-19 cases climb up most since early January

Editorial Bureau April 15, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany jumped on Thursday by 29,426 to 3.073 million, seen as the biggest increase since January 8. This comes at a time when the government seeks to make way through tougher nationwide curbs so as to contain a third wave of

Middle East

Germany to put forth proposal for Beirut port reconstruction – sources

Editorial Bureau April 2, 2021

PARIS/BERLIN (FRANCE/GERMANY) – Germany will next week present a multi-billion-dollar proposal to Lebanese authorities for rebuilding the Port of Beirut as part of efforts to prompt the country’s politicians to form a government capable of evading financial collapse, two sources said. A chemical explosion at the port last August killed 200 people, injured

Europe

Germany aims for more tests, sequencing to tackle new coronavirus strains

Editorial Bureau January 18, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – Germany’s health minister said new measures would be needed to control the spread of new, more infectious variants of the coronavirus. Additional measures would include more health checks for cross-border commuters and reinforcing gene sequencing of virus samples. In future, health labs will have to sequence 5% of the samples collected during

Europe

German CDU names new party leader marking the end of Merkel era

Editorial Bureau January 16, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – Germany’s Christian Democrats elect a new chairman on Saturday, aiming to unite their conservative party behind a leader who they hope can succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor when she steps down after federal elections in September. At stake is the leadership of Europe’s biggest economy. Merkel, the continent’s predominant

Europe

Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases increase by 18,678

Editorial Bureau January 16, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 18,678 to 2,019,636, as per data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. The reported death toll increased by 980 to 45,974, the tally showed.

Europe

Germany plagued by COVID-19 death toll, as it hits record

Editorial Bureau January 14, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – Germany reported a new record number of deaths from the coronavirus on Thursday. This has prompted calls for tighter lockdown. While Germany’s total deaths per capita since the pandemic began remain far lower than the United States, its daily per capita mortality since mid-December has often exceeded that of the United States. […]

Europe

Germany will have COVID curbs extend after January, health minister says

Editorial Bureau January 13, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – Germany will not be able to lift all coronavirus lockdown curbs at the beginning of February, Health Minister Jens Spahn said, stressing the need to further reduce contacts to fend off a more virulent variant of the virus. The German cabinet on Wednesday approved stricter controls on people entering the country after […]

Europe

Germany cannot ease all coronavirus restrictions on January end- minister

Editorial Bureau January 13, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – Germany will not be able to lift all restrictions to control the spread of the coronavirus at the beginning of February, Health Minister Jens Spahn said. There would be a need to bring down contacts for another two or three months, Spahn told Deutschlandfunk radio on Wednesday.

Europe

German bakery comes up with coronavirus spin-offs

Editorial Bureau January 11, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down at a bakery in the western German town of Dortmund, which is celebrating the year of the coronavirus vaccine with syringe-shaped cakes. It is not the first time Schuerner’s Baking Paradise has sold coronavirus spin-offs: last year, as household essentials vanished from supermarket […]

Europe

Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases increase by 16,946

Editorial Bureau January 10, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 16,946 to 1,908,527, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. The reported death toll rose by 465 to 40,343, the tally showed.