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Germany set to extend hard lockdown as
daily deaths mount
5 January 2021, by Kirsten Grieshaber
27-nation European Union started over a week ago.
In Germany, a nation of 83 million, nearly 265,000
vaccinations had been reported by Monday, the
Robert Koch Institute said.
Opposition politicians and even some within
Germany's governing coalition have criticized the
EU's cautious advance ordering of the Pfizer-
BioNTech vaccine—the only one so far cleared for
use in EU nations. The EU's medical regulator is
also evaluating a vaccine by Moderna.
The country's health minister has repeatedly said
that the vaccinations are progressing as expected
and that the slow start is because mobile teams are
first going to nursing homes to vaccinate the most
The medieval Holstentor is reflected in water in Luebeck, vulnerable, which takes more time than inviting
Germany, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. The German people to mass vaccination centers.
government will decide about further restrictions to avoid
the outspread of coronavirus on Tuesday. (AP
Photo/Michael Probst)
Germany's disease control center on Tuesday
reported 944 more COVID-19 deaths, fueling
expectations that Chancellor Angela Merkel and
the country's 16 state governors will extend the
country's lockdown until the end of the month.
Germany's latest lockdown took effect Dec. 16
after a partial shutdown starting in early November
failed to reduce the number of daily new
coronavirus infections. It was initially set to expire
Jan. 10.
Streets are empty near the medieval Holstentor in
Merkel's meeting with the governors on Tuesday Luebeck, Germany, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. The German
will decide how long the lockdown should go on government will decide about further restrictions to avoid
and to what extent schools will reopen. Another the outspread of coronavirus on Tuesday. (AP
topic high on the agenda will be addressing Photo/Michael Probst)
criticism of the country's vaccination program amid
frustrations over its gradual start.
Vaccinations in Germany and the rest of the
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Few lights burn in old warehouses in Luebeck, Germany, 81-year-old Ursula Claassen receives a new coronavirus
Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. The German government will vaccination in Kiel, Germany, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. On
decide about further restrictions to avoid the outspread of Monday vaccinations against the coronavirus have
coronavirus on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) started in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. (Frank
Molter/dpa via AP)
A staff member holds an injection vial with the Corona
vaccine in the vaccination center for employees at the A staff member holds an injection vial with the Corona
municipal hospital in Dresden, Germany, Monday, Jan. 4, vaccine in the vaccination center for employees at the
2021. On Monday, Corona vaccinations with the municipal hospital in Dresden, Germany, Monday, Jan. 4,
Biontech/Pfizer vaccine started at the Municipal Hospital 2021. On Monday, Corona vaccinations with the
for medical staff in the high-risk areas and the Covid 19 Biontech/Pfizer vaccine started at the Municipal Hospital
wards. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP) for medical staff in the high-risk areas and the Covid 19
wards. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)
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plan with its vaccinations, but the move is being
hotly debated by scientists and governments
around the world.
Germany's new infections remain at more than
twice the level of 50 per 100,000 residents over
seven days, which the government wants to reach.
In part because of lower testing and delayed
reporting, it's not yet clear what effect the
Christmas holidays will have on Germany's new
coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and deaths.
Germany has reported 35,518 virus-related deaths
overall.
An employee of a vaccination centre draws the vaccine
from a glass ampoule in Kiel, Germany, Monday, Jan. 4,
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2021. On Monday vaccinations against the coronavirus This material may not be published, broadcast,
have started in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. rewritten or redistributed without permission.
(Frank Molter/dpa via AP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for
photographs after the television recording of her annual
New Year's speech at the chancellery in Berlin,
Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus
Schreiber, pool)
Still, in a nod to the heavy pressure, Health Minister
Jens Spahn said he has asked the country's
agency in charge of vaccinations if the second shot
of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine could be delayed in
order to be able to vaccinate more people right
away with a first shot. Britain has embraced such a
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