AS Germany grapples with record Covid cases, Chancellor Angela Merkel has described the situation as “dramatic”.
“The fourth wave is hitting our country with full force,” she tells a congress of German city mayors.
“The number of daily new infections is higher than ever before… and the daily death toll is also frightening.”
“It is not at all too late to decide for a first vaccination,” she adds.
The Robert Koch Institute reports that cases in Germany have increased by 52,826 as the pandemic’s fourth wave tightens its grip on Europe.
The central government and leaders of Germany’s 16 states are due to meet this week to discuss new national restrictions, as the seven-day infection rate hits a new peak for the 10th consecutive day.
There are also concerns that Germany’s renowned Christmas markets could be cancelled for a second year running.
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