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German health minister calls for tougher Covid measures in high-risk areas

BERLIN: Germany's

health minister

said on Wednesday it was important to introduce

additional measures

in regions with more than 200

Covid-19 cases

per 100,000 people over the

past

seven days.


To curb the spread of the coronavirus over the Christmas holidays, over 60-year-olds should be provided FFP2 protective masks, which they could pick up in pharmacies,

Jens Spahn

said at a news conference.

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