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

Ren Leen 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.

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

Ren Leen 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

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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.

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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. […]

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

Ren Leen 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 […]

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Germany cannot ease all coronavirus restrictions on January end- minister

Ren Leen 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.

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German bakery comes up with coronavirus spin-offs

Ren Leen 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 […]

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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.

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Germany’s slow vaccine rollout raises concerns

Editorial Bureau January 10, 2021

BERLIN/DILLENBURG (GERMANY) – Proud of their national reputation for efficiency, Germans are growing increasingly frustrated by the slow rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine its scientists helped develop. Scarce vaccine supply, cumbersome paperwork, a lack of healthcare staff and an aged and immobile population are hampering efforts to get early doses of a vaccine made by

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Germany ready to extend lockdown until January end

Ren Leen January 5, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – Chancellor Angela Merkel will agree with the leaders of Germany’s 16 federal states on Tuesday to extend a strict lockdown until the end of the month in a bid to get control of surging coronavirus infections. Like many other European countries, Germany is struggling to contain a second wave of the virus. […]