German disease control head warns of 'terrible Christmas'

The caput of Germany’s illness power bureau has warned that the state faces a “really unspeakable Christmas” unless steps are taken to antagonistic the crisp emergence successful coronavirus infections.

German lawmakers are debating measures Thursday that would regenerate the nationwide epidemic rules which volition expire astatine the extremity of the month.

The Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s illness power agency, said Thursday that 65,371 recently confirmed cases had been reported successful a azygous day, continuing the upward inclination that experts person been informing astir for weeks.

The agency’s director, Lothar Wieler, said Germany needs to summation its vaccination rates to importantly supra 75%, from 67.7% astatine present.

Some regions successful Germany person vaccination rates arsenic debased arsenic 57.6%.