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The death toll has risen to 14 at a nursing home at Werbellinsee Lake in Schorfheide following a recent Covid-19 outbreak, state authorities report. Getty Images
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Students wear masks during a lecture at the Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet in Muenster, Germany. AP Photo
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A woman walks past an abandoned coronavirus test centre in Frankfurt. AP Photo
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People wait at a vaccination centre in Berlin. AP Photo
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Pupils walk to school in Frankfurt. Children under 12 cannot be vaccinated against Covid-19 yet have a high rate of infections. AP Photo
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People line up for vaccinations in Berlin. AP Photo
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A nurse cares for a patient in the Covid-19 intensive care unit at Dresden Municipal Hospital. AP Photo
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People wait to be registered at a vaccination centre in Berlin. AP Photo
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A doctor vaccinates a 13-year-old boy in Berlin. Reuters
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The death toll has risen to 14 at a nursing home at Werbellinsee Lake in Schorfheide following a recent Covid-19 outbreak, state authorities report. Getty Images
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Students wear masks during a lecture at the Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet in Muenster, Germany. AP Photo
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A woman walks past an abandoned coronavirus test centre in Frankfurt. AP Photo
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People wait at a vaccination centre in Berlin. AP Photo
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Pupils walk to school in Frankfurt. Children under 12 cannot be vaccinated against Covid-19 yet have a high rate of infections. AP Photo
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People line up for vaccinations in Berlin. AP Photo
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A nurse cares for a patient in the Covid-19 intensive care unit at Dresden Municipal Hospital. AP Photo
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People wait to be registered at a vaccination centre in Berlin. AP Photo
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A doctor vaccinates a 13-year-old boy in Berlin. Reuters
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The death toll has risen to 14 at a nursing home at Werbellinsee Lake in Schorfheide following a recent Covid-19 outbreak, state authorities report. Getty Images
Europe enters 'fifth wave' of Covid as Germany wrestles with record number of cases
German chancellor-in-waiting says vaccine centres must reopen to combat surge
Tim Kiek
11 November, 2021
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