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Germany detects first case of Brazilian virus variant

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 07:37 AM

BERLIN - Germany has detected its first case of a newly discovered Brazilian coronavirus variant, feared to be particularly infectious, regional health officials in the state of Hesse said Friday. Read more »

After 10 months of quarantine, chronically ill young German jumps vaccine queue

Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 04:36 AM

NIEDERBREITBACH, Germany - Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, chronically ill 30-year-old Benni Over has lived in strict domestic quarantine in the German resort town of Niederbreitbach with his parents, who look after him around the clock. Read more »

Vaccine overdose puts German care workers in hospital

Reuters
Posted at Dec 29 02:08 AM

BERLIN - Germany's COVID-19 vaccination campaign has been overshadowed by a mishap in the north where eight workers in an elderly care home received an overdose. Read more »

Germany extends virus curbs to early January

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 26 06:02 AM

BERLIN - Germany will extend its current coronavirus restrictions through to early January unless there is a dramatic drop in infections -- something that is not expected, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday.   Read more »

German economy grows record 8.2 percent in third quarter

Reuters
Posted at Oct 30 06:22 PM

The German economy grew by a record 8.2 percent in the third quarter as Europe's largest economy partly recovered from its worst-ever recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, data from the Federal Statistics Office showed on Friday. Read more »

German health minister tests positive for coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 22 04:12 AM

BERLIN - German Health Minister Jens Spahn has tested positive for coronavirus, his ministry said Wednesday, as the country battles a spike in new cases. Read more »

Half of coronavirus patients given ventilation died: German study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 04:52 AM

One in five patients hospitalized in Germany over the coronavirus succumbed to the disease, with the fatality rate rising to 53 percent for those who received ventilation, a study showed Wednesday. Read more »

COVID-19 pushes Germany into recession

Florian Cazeres, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 15 09:51 PM

The coronavirus pandemic has tipped Germany into a recession, official data showed Friday, with Europe's top economy suffering its steepest quarterly contraction in more than a decade as lockdown measures began to bite. Read more »

German study suggests infections are 10 times the number of confirmed cases

Reuters
Posted at May 04 08:22 PM

More than 10 times as many people in Germany have likely been infected with the coronavirus than the number of confirmed cases, researchers from the University of Bonn have concluded from a field trial in one of the worst hit towns.  Read more »

Germany's Oktoberfest unlikely to take place this year

Reuters
Posted at Apr 17 06:33 AM

BERLIN (Reuters) - The annual Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival, is unlikely to take place this year due to the coronavirus crisis, the premier of the southern German state of Bavaria said on Thursday. Read more »

Germany says virus vaccine research not for sale

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 16 04:03 PM

BERLIN - Germany's foreign minister said Monday the rights to coronavirus vaccine research were not for sale, following reports Donald Trump wanted the US to buy exclusive access to a potential vaccine developed by a German biotech firm. Read more »

Coronavirus outbreak is 'global pandemic': German health minister

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 09:48 PM

The coronavirus outbreak has turned into "a global pandemic", German Health Minister Jens Spahn said Wednesday, warning that worse was to come. Read more »