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Germany to Extend Curbs Amid Criticism Over Vaccine Rollout

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Visitors queue outside a Covid-19 vaccination site at Berlin Arena in Berlin, on Jan. 4.Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg

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By Raymond Colitt and Arne Delfs

January 4, 2021 at 10:06 AM UTC

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January 4, 2021 at 2:29 PM UTC

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Germany is poised to extend stricter lockdown measures beyond Jan. 10 amid criticism over alleged failures in the government’s fledgling vaccination program.