Germany reintroduces free COVID tests amid rising cases
World | November 14, 2021 13:02 ISTIn the wake of the upcoming 4th wave, RKI is stressing about establishing stringent restrictions on public life.
In the wake of the upcoming 4th wave, RKI is stressing about establishing stringent restrictions on public life.
Germany reported 48,640 new cases on Friday, a day after the daily total topped 50,000 for the first time. Another 191 COVID deaths brought Germany’s total in the pandemic so far to 97,389.
Unlike some other European countries, Germany has balked at making vaccinations mandatory for certain categories of workers and has struggled to persuade more people to voluntarily get shots.
One person has been arrested and multiple people are injured, police said. So far, there is no information about the attacker or possible motives.
Despite her advanced age, the German woman was to be tried in juvenile court because she was under 21 at the time of the alleged crimes. German media identified her as Irmgard Furchner.
Angela Merkel, who has won plaudits for steering Germany through several major crises, won't be an easy leader to follow.
About 60.4 million people in the nation of 83 million are eligible to elect the new parliament, which decides who will be the next head of government.
The German government has been reserved about establishing official ties with the Taliban. Officials say talks are needed to get the remaining former Afghan staffers who worked for the Germans out of the country.
More than 61 per cent of the German population, or 50.9 million people, are fully vaccinated, but that's less than in other European countries.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Christofer Burger said Friday there are also some 10,000 Afghans who worked for German forces or for other reasons had been identified as entitled to evacuation. But it's unclear how many of those might have found a way out other than on German flights.
Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said the last of the German military aircraft and troops arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday evening.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday discussed the unfolding situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.
Berlin's police department deployed more than 2,000 officers to try and disperse the protests on Sunday.
German officials are defending their preparations for flooding in the face of the raging torrents that caught many people by surprise and left over 190 people dead in Western Europe, but concede that they will need to learn lessons from the disaster.
After homes were severely damaged, or in some cases swept away, local residents started to clean up the debris and rebuild some normality.
The new travel warning does not affect travel to Spain directly yet, Xinhua news agency quoted the AA as saying on Friday.
Germany is easing strict restrictions on travel from Britain, Portugal and some other countries that were imposed because of the rise of the more contagious delta virus variant.
The Delta variant is expected to become the dominant Covid-19 strain in Germany with its share of positive cases approaching 80 per cent.
The incident took place on Barbarossaplatz square in the city centre on Friday evening, reports Xinhua news agency.
German police say several people have been killed and others injured in a knife attack in the southern city of Wuerzburg on Friday.
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