Prognosis
Germany Gripped by ‘Third Wave’ as EU Tackles Vaccination Woes
- Incidence rate close to threshold that triggers restrictions
- France to limit Astra vaccine to people aged 55 and older
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Germany’s health minister warned that the country is in the grip of a “third wave” of rising coronavirus cases as Europe tries to get its stalled vaccination program back on track.
“The numbers are rising, the share of mutations is large and there are some fairly challenging weeks ahead of us,” Health Minister Jens Spahn said Friday at a news conference in Berlin, adding that there isn’t enough vaccine supply in Europe at the moment to halt the surge.