Prognosis
Germany Urges Widespread Boosters to Counter Record Covid Cases
- Health Minister Spahn says all people should get another dose
- Plea comes with some hospitals in Germany getting overwhelmed
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Germany is pushing for Covid-19 booster shots for all adults, the latest effort to control a record surge in infections that’s threatening to overwhelm hospitals in some hot spots this winter.
“We need more speed with these boosters,” Health Minister Jens Spahn said Friday at a news conference. Bolstering protection after six months of being fully inoculated “should be the rule, not the exception,” he said after two days of talks with regional counterparts.