👋 Сайн уу Welcome to Friday, where Russia warns of more strikes on Kyiv as Ukraine claims responsibility for the sinking of the Moskva warship, hundreds are wounded in clashes at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque, and “Houston, we have a kebab.” In German daily Die Welt, Michael Brendler explores the end-o.
Instead of ending ICU treatment and allowing relatives to say goodbye peacefully, doctors often keep patients alive for too long. The pandemic has brought eternal dilemmas out into the open to expose Intensive Care Units as unprepared.
German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has predicted daily cases could exceed 400,000 by mid-February as three quarters of hospitals report high levels of sick staff. Follow updates here.
Amid a surge of cases caused by the omicron variant of the coronavirus, 34 countries are reporting record numbers of weekly cases since the start of the pandemic. Follow DW for the latest.