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Germany’s COVID situation isn’t yet under control – health minister – Metro US

Germany’s COVID situation isn’t yet under control – health minister

FILE PHOTO: Cologne’s shopping street during the coronavirus pandemic
FILE PHOTO: Cologne’s shopping street during the coronavirus pandemic

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s coronavirus situation is still not under control and an Omicron infection wave is still expected to peak around mid-February, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Tuesday.

“The situation is not really under control yet,” Lauterbach told journalists during a news conference in Berlin.

Germany on Tuesday reported 169,571 new daily case and the seven-day infection incidence rose to a record of 1,441 cases per 100,000.

(Reporting by Riham Alkousaa and Miranda Murray)