Germany’s Covid wave could reach ‘sad peak’ at Christmas, outgoing minister says
by Philip Oltermann in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#5SMZD)
Jens Spahn has defended decision to bar unvaccinated people from many public areas
Germany's fourth wave of the pandemic could reach a sad peak" in intensive care units around the country around Christmas, the outgoing health minister, Jens Spahn, has warned as he defended the decision to bar unvaccinated people from many areas of public life.
On Thursday, the German government and heads of the federal states agreed that only those who have been vaccinated or recently recovered from Covid should be allowed in restaurants, cinemas, leisure facilities and many shops, and mooted introducing a general vaccine mandate from February.
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