Germany

Europe on a ‘knife’s edge’ as coronavirus lockdown measures are eased

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Germany has seen a worrying rise in its coronavirus infection rate after becoming one of the first countries in Europe to start easing lockdown measures as the continent battles its way back to a sense of normality. Germany reported 1,304 new cases of the virus on Wednesday – up from 1,144 on Tuesday and 1,018 … Read more

The shortlisted images of man-made structures in Agora photography contest #Architecture2020

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Build it – and the photographers, with their drones and digital SLRs, will come.  These incredible pictures all made the top 50 in a contest called #Architecture2020, run by photo app Agora, which asked photographers to send in snaps of their favourite architectural wonders. In total 10,367 photos were submitted from snappers across the globe, with … Read more

Trump says the US will bill China a ‘substantial’ amount of money for coronavirus damage

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President Donald Trump said he intends to bill China for a ‘substantial’ amount for damages caused by the coronavirus. During a press conference at the White House on Monday, Trump made the threat to China after being asked whether he was considering seeking money from Beijing for its response to the pandemic.  The idea of seeking reparations from … Read more

German GPs post naked selfies to draw attention to workers on frontline without protective equipment

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GPs posted naked selfies to draw attention to healthcare workers fighting on the German coronavirus frontline without protective equipment and clothing Blanke Bedenken aim to tell Germany’s health ministers their calls for PPE weren’t heard The group said ‘when we run out of what little we have, we look like this’ Firms producing the equipment … Read more

Germany’s intensive care bed capacity been key to country’s low death rate says foreign minister

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Germany‘s foreign minister has said the excess capacity in intensive care units and the mass testing available to the population has been one of the main reasons the country has kept its Covid-19 death rate so low. Andreas Michaelis said that while experts had criticised the government for its expenditure on high capacity intensive care, the … Read more

Germany’s daily infection rate slows for second day with 2,055 new cases as crowds gather in Berlin

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New coronavirus figures in Germany showed further positive signs that the country is over the worst of the crisis, as both the number of new confirmed cases and deaths were less than yesterday’s.  Saturday saw the country confirm 2,055 new coronavirus cases, bringing to total figure to 152,438, and 179 new deaths, bringing the total … Read more