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Germany needs nationwide measures to break COVID wave - health minister

Reuters WORLD
Published April 09,2021
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A security guard takes the temperature of German Health Minister Jens Spahn as he arrives for a visit at the vaccination center against the coronavirus pandemic, on the fair grounds in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 5, 2021. (Michael Kappeler/AP)

German needs to implement nationwide measures to break the current wave of coronavirus infections as quickly as possible, its health minister said on Friday.

"We need a lockdown," Jens Spahn told journalists in a news conference, adding that nighttime curfews may be necessary to further reduce social contacts.

He said that there were currently nearly 4,500 patients in intensive care in Germany, adding: "If this continues, it will be too much for our health system."