Jens Spahn told public broadcaster ARD that Germany’s testing capacity was reaching its limit and that only health care workers and people at high risk or showing symptoms should be tested.
Reinickendorf’s medical officer Patrick Larscheid told dpa laboratories are no longer able to test people who are asymptomatic.
Nationwide, the amount of coronavirus patients requiring intensive care has nearly tripled over the past two weeks, according to the Robert Koch Institute.
Many of the urgent motions filed in Berlin come from restaurateurs who want to see the November restrictions lifted.
Nov. 9 marks 31 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. East and West Germany were officially reunited the following October, which the late Chancellor Helmut Kohl called a “dream come true.” But the process of growing together brought trials and tribulations that sowed animosity between East and West Germans. What does German unity look like today?
On Tuesday, Germany’s disease prevention authority reported 15,352 new cases over a 24-hour period.
Berlin Culture Senator Klaus Lederer said this will likely be the last time a lockdown can be imposed on short notice.
The new rules come just before the Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s disease prevention authority, on Thursday reported a record 16,774 new infections over a 24-hour period.
Nearly 15,000 new cases were reported across Germany from Tuesday to Wednesday, according to the country’s disease prevention authority.
Ahead of the much-beleaguered aiport’s official “takeoff” on Oct. 31, we’re hearing from people who have been following and a part of this story since the beginning.
