Top German health official says third coronavirus wave could be worst so far
Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Berlin, Germany March 26, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Pool
There are clear signals that the current wave of coronavirus infections in Germany could be worse than the first two, the chief of Germany's RKI health insitute said on Friday.
If people use the Easter days to reduce contacts, then this third wave could at least be tempered, Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for Infectious Diseases, told a news conference on Friday.
Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Berlin, Germany March 26, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Pool
(Reporting by Caroline Copley, writing by Kirsti Knolle, editing by Paul Carrel)
Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Berlin, Germany March 26, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/PoolGermany's Health Minister Jens Spahn and Lothar Wieler, the head of Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control, attend a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Berlin, Germany March 26, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/PoolGermany's Health Minister Jens Spahn and Lothar Wieler, the head of Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control, talk after a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Berlin, Germany March 26, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Pool
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