Robert Koch Institute

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adanom Gebrejesus, has warned world leaders that the coronavirus pandemic is "far from over", the BBC reported.

The head of the WHO opposes the assumption that the new dominant variant Omicron is significantly softer/milder and has eliminated the threat of the virus.

Germany's disease control agency reported 52,826 new coronavirus cases on Nov. 17, a number that has roughly doubled in two weeks, stoking calls for fresh measures to curb the country's steadily rising infections.

Germany needs further coronavirus restrictions to combat a record surge in infections and "get through this winter", the country's likely next leader Olaf Scholz said on Nov. 11, calling a national meeting to decide new curbs.

Germany is currently "under the tyranny of the unvaccinated, who determine things for those two-thirds of the population who have already been vaccinated," World Medical Union President Frank Ulrich Montgomery was quoted as saying by Deutsche Welle.

Daily COVID infections hit an all-time high in Germany on Nov. 4 as the World Health Organization warned that another 500,000 people could die across Europe, with cases once again on the rise.

The German government has upgraded Israel, Turkey and the United States to having a high COVID-19 risk, triggering a minimum five-day quarantine requirement for those who are unvaccinated, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Aug. 13.

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It's a typical Berlin scene: a long line of sharply dressed people waiting around the corner to get into a club.

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The thud of music from inside the venue, strict entry controls and the chance of waking up with a headache the morning after are all familiar, too.

Chancellor Angela Merkel and Germany's 16 state premiers were expected on Tuesday to step up the pressure on the nation's unvaccinated to help avoid another lockdown ahead of next month's national election, news wires reported.

Chancellor Angela Merkel and Germany's 16 state premiers were expected on Tuesday to step up the pressure on the nation's unvaccinated to help avoid another lockdown ahead of next month's national election, news wires reported.

Chancellor Angela Merkel and Germany's 16 state premiers were expected on Tuesday to step up the pressure on the nation's unvaccinated to help avoid another lockdown ahead of next month's national election, news wires reported.