Merkel Pledges to Strengthen Germany’s Public Health Service

  • Government to spend 4 billion euros on new jobs, technology
  • Finance Minister says economy is ‘gradually improving’

A medic at a Covid-19 test center, in Frankfurt.

Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
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Germany will prioritize strengthening its public-health service and hire more workers, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in her weekly podcast aired on Saturday.