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Leading health official optimistic Germany can prevent second pandemic wave

General view of a block of flats that has been
General view of a block of flats that has been quarantined, in Goettingen

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s leading health official said on Tuesday the country is at risk of experiencing a second coronavirus wave but added he was optimistic it can be prevented.

Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch Institute for public health, was speaking at a press briefing in Berlin.

(Reporting by Thomas Seythal; editing by Madeline Chambers)