In a dialogue with the president earlier this year, relatives of coronavirus victims voiced their loneliness.
Michaela Mengel broke down in tears as she recalled her daughter s last minutes as she died from the coronavirus in hospital. Last time I saw her alive was on Christmas Eve when I had to leave the hospital. She had oxygen piped into her nose, she looked at me with her big eyes, Mengel told the president. Since she could not talk I told her, bye my dear, I love you, mama will be back.
Steinmeier stressed that it was important to look beyond the daily victim counts.
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Europe News: BERLIN: Germany will hold a national memorial service on Sunday for its 80,000 victims of the coronavirus pandemic, sharing the pain of grieving famil.