Prognosis
Germany Reasserts Lockdown Warning With Covid Cases Spiking
- Health minister Spahn says nothing can currently be ruled out
- Number of deaths rises by another 309 to close to 100,000
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Germany’s top health official reiterated a warning that the government can’t exclude any measures, including another lockdown, as it tries to check the latest wave of Covid-19 infections.
“We are in a situation where I would not recommend ruling anything out, however tough that would be,” Health Minister Jens Spahn said Tuesday in an interview with Deutschlandfunk radio, when asked if Germany would follow Austria into another shutdown.