Prognosis

Germany’s Scholz Urges Vaccinations Amid Record Spike

Scholz calls on Germans to ‘stand together’ to counter Covid
Potential ruling coalition plans to pass new pandemic law

Olaf Scholz
Photographer: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg

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By Patrick Donahue

November 17, 2021 at 5:03 PM UTC

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Olaf Scholz, the Social Democrat who’s aiming to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor next month, urged the public to get Covid shots as the country battles a record surge in infections.

“This is a moment in which we as a country have to stand together,” Scholz said on Wednesday in Berlin.