German politicians reject swift easing of virus restrictions as deaths top 30,000
Iain Rogers, Bloomberg
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German officials ruled out a rapid lifting of the nation s coronavirus restrictions as the country s death toll from the disease ticked above 30,000.
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told Bild am Sonntag newspaper that Germany must not risk everything we have achieved with quick easing, otherwise it will start all over again. If the lockdown does not have a sufficient effect, the measures must be tightened, he said, adding that a third wave must be avoided at all costs.
German cases and deaths have been on the rise since October, prompting Chancellor Angela Merkel s government to impose a harder shutdown with schools and nonessential stores shuttered until at least Jan. 10. Germany joined European Union partners in starting vaccinations on Sunday, but officials have said it will take months for the program to have a tangible impact on the sp
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More than 30,000 daily infections in Germany and war-like conditions in hospitals
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are becoming more dramatic every day in Germany. After a new record death toll of 952 was reported on Wednesday, the number of those infected also reached a new all-time high on Thursday, exceeding the 30,000 mark for the first time. Across Germany, the positive test rate is currently around 12 percent more than double the value that epidemiologists cite as the threshold beyond which the infection incidence runs out of control.
Refrigerated container for coronavirus dead at the main cemetery in Hanau (AP Photo/Michael Probst)]
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