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Coronavirus in Germany

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Coronavirus Updates
Chairs are piled up outside a restaurant Monday in the Baltic Sea resort town of Haffkrug, Germany.

Germany To Extend Lockdown As COVID-19 Deaths Continue To Rise

Jan 05, 2021
While daily new infections have declined somewhat, more than 1,000 Germans are dying per day. All 16 German states are in favor of keeping restrictions in place.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
The entrance to Herbertstrasse, the heart of the red-light district in Hamburg, Germany. Prostitution is legal in Germany, but the coronavirus pandemic prompted lawmakers to ban sex work in March.

Germany Bans Prostitution During Pandemic. Sex Workers Say That Creates New Dangers

Aug 26, 2020
Prostitution is legal in the country, but lawmakers have banned it to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Sex workers say that has put them at risk, and they want to work legally again.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
Felix Zeltner lives with his wife, Christina Horsten, and their daughter, Emma, in Long Island City, N.Y. Visiting his native Germany this summer, he was struck by the differences in how the coronavirus has been handled.

'It's A Disaster': German Expats Love U.S. But Not Its Handling Of Coronavirus

Aug 04, 2020
Germany has flattened its curve, and unemployment has barely budged. Some Germans living in the U.S. are mystified by how politicized the pandemic has become here.
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A view of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday. Government statistics show the German economy contracted by 10.1% in the second quarter of this year.

Germany's Economy Suffers Biggest Quarterly Drop On Record

Jul 30, 2020
The decline in economic output from March through June was worse than economists expected. Still, the downturn has not inflicted large job losses for Europe's biggest economy.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Fresh asparagus has been gathered in Bottrop, Germany, in mid-April. Farms across Europe are facing a labor shortage as a result of closed borders because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Germany Struggles To Fill Its Farm Labor Shortage After Closing Its Borders

May 20, 2020
The government flew in thousands of seasonal workers from Romania and Poland, but that may not be enough. Some farmers are looking to hire Germans for the harvest.
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German police detain a demonstrator during a protest against the government's restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in front of the Reichstag in Berlin on Saturday.

Germans Protest Shutdown Even After Easing Of Coronavirus Restrictions

May 18, 2020
Protesters — including citizens against restrictions, extremists and anti-vaccination groups — have taken to the streets in cities across Germany.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
A scientist presents an antibody test to use with a blood sample for the coronavirus earlier this month at a lab of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena, Germany.

Germany Is Conducting Nationwide COVID-19 Antibody Testing

Apr 21, 2020
The country has been testing on a larger scale than most other countries. Studying antibodies in the blood can show whether someone has fought off the virus.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Security with face masks stand in front of the Signal Iduna Park, where a temporary coronavirus treatment center opened in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday. Germany has the fourth-most COVID-19 cases in the world and demand for medical supplies has skyrockete

German, French Officials Accuse U.S. Of Diverting Supplies

Apr 04, 2020
Officials in France and Germany have accused the U.S. of intercepting medical supplies as President Trump ordered an American company to stop exports. Governors complain of a "wild west" in bidding.
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A woman walks at a closed restaurant in an empty terminal at the airport in Munich. Businesses across Germany have closed or cut back hours because of the new coronavirus.

Nearly Half A Million Companies In Germany File For State Funds To Pay Workers

Apr 01, 2020
As Europe's largest economy gets hit with COVID-19, a German government financial aid program will make up some of the lost income for millions of employees.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Christian Drosten, director of the Institute of Virology at Berlin's Charité hospital, is pictured after a news conference in Berlin on March 26, to comment on the spread of the novel coronavirus in Germany.

'Das Coronavirus' Podcast Captivates Germany With Scientific Info On The Pandemic

Mar 31, 2020
Produced by the public broadcaster NDR, the program features scientist Christian Drosten giving clear information about COVID-19, but so far it's in German only.
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