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18.01.2022 / 23:04

Workarounds and waivers as world weighs vaccine patents

Over a year into global Covid-19 vaccination efforts, the question of whether vaccine formulas ought to be freely available is still unresolved - and undersupplied countries are turning to workarounds.

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Angela Merkel: Germany's 1st female chancellor bows out after 16 years

BERLIN - Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany's first female chancellor on Nov. 22, 2005.Over the next 16 years, she was credited with raising Germany's profile and influence, working to hold a fractious European Union together, managing a string of crises and being a role model for women.Now that near-record tenure has ended with her leaving office at age 67 to praise from abroad and enduring popularity at home.

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Germany bans unvaccinated from nonessential stores, recreational venues

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that people who aren't vaccinated will be excluded from nonessential stores, cultural and recreational venues, and parliament will consider a general vaccine mandate as part of efforts to curb coronavirus infections that again topped 70,000 newly confirmed cases in a 24-hour period.Speaking after a meeting with federal and state leaders, Merkel the measures were necessary in light of concerns that hospitals in Germany could become overloaded with people suffering COVID-19 infections, which are more likely to be serious in those who haven't been vaccinated."The situation in our country is serious," Merkel told reporters in Berlin, calling the measure an "act of national solidarity."She

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Omicron shows need for global accord on pandemics, WHO chief says

GENEVA - The World Health Organization on Monday is pushing for an international accord to help prevent and fight future pandemics amid the emergence of a worrying new omicron COVID-19 variant.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said many uncertainties remain about just how transmissible and severe infection by the highly mutated omicron might be.Tedros joined leaders like outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera for a long-planned and largely virtual special session of the U.N.

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Germany becomes 5th European country to surpass 100K COVID-19 deaths

25 November 2021, Lower Saxony, Giesen: A cremation technician prepares to cremate a coffin labelled "SARS-CoV-2 positive - Corona" containing a deceased person at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Hildesheim". The number of people in Germany wh BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel labelled Thursday "a very sad day" and backed calls for more restrictions, as her country became the latest to surpass 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.The national disease control agency said it recorded 351 deaths in connection with the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, taking the total toll to 100,119.

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Germany's Covid death toll passes 100,000 as infections surge

Germany has announced record coronavirus fatalities and infections today as its total death toll passed 100,000, with its most severe virus wave yet swelling just as a new government prepares to replace Angela Merkel's coalition.

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Germany implements new COVID-19 measures amid coronavirus surge

BERLIN (AP) - Germany approved new measures Thursday to rein in record coronavirus infections as Chancellor Angela Merkel called the pandemic situation in the country "very serious" and said it was "high time" to contain the spread of the virus."The situation is highly dramatic and it will be very important now that action is taken quickly, that action is taken consistently, that better control is taken," Merkel told reporters Thursday night in Berlin.

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Germany hits record new daily Covid cases

Germany has registered a record 50,196 new Covid-19 infections, according to health authorities.

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Biden, European allies talk Iran's nuclear program at Rome meeting

ROME (AP) - As Iran’s nuclear program makes troubling advances, President Joe Biden huddled Saturday with European allies to talk through strategy as they press for a diplomatic resolution — and to plan for the possibility Iran declines to return to the negotiating table.The meeting with the leaders of Germany, France, and Britain — known as the E3 — comes at a pivotal time, as Iran continues to enrich uranium to near-weapons-grade levels.

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Germany to stop free Covid tests, sources claim

The German government will stop offering free coronavirus tests from 11 October in a bid to encourage more people to get vaccinated amid concerns about a rise in new cases, sources close to talks with the federal states have said.

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Germany to require Covid-19 tests for all unvaccinated travellers

Anyone entering Germany from abroad will have to take a Covid-19 test unless they are fully vaccinated or have recovered from the disease, according to new rules signed off by Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet Friday.

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US to keep international travel restrictions for now, citing virus surge

WASHINGTON - The United States will keep existing COVID-19 travel restrictions on international travel in place for now due to concerns about the surging infection rate because of the delta variant, according to a White House official.President Joe Biden earlier this month said that his administration was "in the process" of considering how soon the U.S. could lift the ban on European travel bound for the U.S.

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Merkel worried by 'exponential growth' of virus cases

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is concerned about Germany's rising Covid-19 infections, and urged Germans to get vaccinated.

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Europe flooding: Death toll reaches 180; rescue efforts ongoing

BERLIN (AP) - The death toll from flooding in Western Europe climbed above 180 on Sunday after rescue workers dug deeper into debris left by receding waters. Heavy rain fueled new floods in southeastern Germany and Austria, though not on the scale of last week's devastating onslaught.Police put the toll from the hard-hit Ahrweiler area of western Germany's Rhineland-Palatinate state at more than 110 and said they feared the number may still rise.

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Biden says US may lift travel restrictions with Europe

US President Joe Biden has said the United States is reviewing when it can lift restrictions that ban most-non US citizens from traveling to the US from much of Europe.

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Germany, Belgium flooding 'disaster' leaves more than 50 dead, dozens missing

BERLIN - More than 50 people have died and dozens were missing Thursday as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.Recent storms across parts of western Europe made rivers and reservoirs burst their banks, triggering flash floods overnight after the saturated soil couldn't absorb any more water."I grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding. "We still don’t know the number.

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Biden to welcome German Chancellor Merkel on her farewell visit to US

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House for what is likely to be her last official visit and one to which she's bringing a bag full of issues and an overarching message for Berlin's close ally: You've got a friend.The veteran German leader is expected Thursday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, the rise of China and a Russian gas pipeline that Washington opposes. She will meet with Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other senior U.S.

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Biden picks UPenn president for Germany ambassador

President of the University of Pennsylvania Amy Gutmann speaks at the TIME Summit On Higher Education Day 2 at Time Warner Center on September 20, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for TIME) WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Friday announced he's nominating University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann to serve as U.S.

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Italian PM Draghi opposes Euro 2020 final in variant-hit England

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said he believed the Euro 2020 final should not be held in Wembley given the renewed surge in coronavirus cases in England.

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PM Modi calls for 'one earth one health' approach for Covid pandemic at G7 summit

Narendra Modi on Saturday called for following a "one earth, one health" approach to effectively deal with the coronavirus pandemic globally, and sought the support of the G7 grouping to lift patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines, during a virtual address at an outreach session of a summit of the bloc.Calling for global unity, leadership, and solidarity to prevent future pandemics, Modi also emphasised the special responsibility of democratic and transparent societies to deal with the challenge, according to an official statement.Sources said Modi's call for adopting a "one earth, one health" approach received support from German Chancellor Angela Merkel.They said Australia and several other countries came out in strong support of Modi's

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Merkel welcomes better COVID-19 situation but Delta variant a worry

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that a recent improvement in the number of coronavirus cases in Germany was pleasing but warned that the pandemic was not over and the risk from the Delta variant in Britain was worrying."We have a summer ahead that has a lot of possibilities, but we must not be carefree, we must keep looking at the situation very closely," she said after a meeting with the leaders of Germany's 16 federal states."We are in a race (against the virus) with vaccinations," she said. (Reporting by Paul Carrel Writing by Madeline Chambers)This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.Never miss a story! Stay connected and informed with Mint.

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COVID-19: EU regulator endorses Pfizer-BioNTech jabs for adolescents

Germany to offer coronavirus jabs to childrenMeanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Germany will start offering coronavirus jabs to children over the age of 12 from June 7.But she stressed that vaccination would not be compulsory and would have no bearing on whether children can attend school or go on holiday."Children and young people aged 12 and over will have the chance to book a vaccine appointment from June 7," Merkel said after talks with Germany's regional leaders.Those willing will be offered at least their first of two shots by the end of August, she added, roughly in time for the new school year.(With inputs from agencies)Never miss a story! Stay connected and informed with Mint.

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The Latest: WHO considers ways to strengthen urgent response

GENEVA — French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are among those rallying around efforts to strengthen the World Health Organization and the fight against pandemics as the U.N. agency opened its annual assembly with a draft resolution in the works that acknowledges missteps in the response to COVID-19.

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Merkel: Germany to discuss 'common ground' on Russia with US

BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Germany will discuss “necessary common ground” with the U.S. on relations with Russia after President Joe Biden opted not to punish the company overseeing a Russia-Germany pipeline project that Washington opposes.

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Merkel hopeful on Europe summer travel even without vaccine

BERLIN – Europeans can look forward to traveling this summer, if coronavirus cases keep declining further on the continent, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday.

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Dutch king lays Remembrance Day wreath honoring war dead

AMSTERDAM – The Dutch king laid a wreath Tuesday at a monument to the country's war dead at a solemn commemoration ceremony devoid of the usual huge crowds for the second straight year because of coronavirus lockdown measures.

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German contender wants tougher stance on China, Russia

BERLIN – A leading contender to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor this fall has called for “dialogue and toughness” toward China when it comes to defending democratic values and human rights.

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Germany mourns its 80,000 Covid dead at memorial

Germany has held a national memorial service for its nearly 80,000 victims of the coronavirus pandemic, putting aside deep divisions over Covid-19 restrictions to share the pain of grieving families.

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Ukraine, France and Germany hold security talks

PARIS – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is holding talks on Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel amid growing tensions with Russia, which has deployed troops at the border with the country.

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Germany's Merkel urges lawmakers to support pandemic bill

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament Friday to pass a bill that would mandate a nationwide “emergency brake” when the spread of the coronavirus becomes too rapid, saying that it was needed to prevent the country's health care system from becoming overwhelmed.

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Johnson & Johnson begins delivering its single-shot Covid-19 vaccines to EU

Brussels: Johnson & Johnson on Monday began delivering its COVID-19 single-dose vaccine to EU countries, European Union officials and the company said.The company had initially planned to start its deliveries at the beginning of April, but delayed the rollout due to production issues."The first doses are leaving warehouses for member states today," a European Commission spokesman told a news conference on Monday."Johnson & Johnson begins vaccine shipments to the EU today. Very good news," said Peter Liese, an EU lawmaker from the same party as German Chancellor Angela Merkel.The U.S.

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Merkel backs 'short, uniform lockdown' across Germany

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday threw her weight behind a “short, uniform lockdown” as the country grapples with a high level of coronavirus cases fueled by the spread of a more contagious variant first detected in Britain.

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Germany's Greens to pick candidate for chancellor April 19

BERLIN – Germany's environmentalist Greens will decide later this month which of their two co-leaders will make the party's first run for the chancellery in a national election in September, a senior party official said Wednesday.

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Merkel: 'A quiet Easter' needed to counter rising infections

German Chancellor Angela Merkel asked citizens Thursday to consider the strain that nurses and doctors are under as they care for a rising number of COVID-19 patients and help them by respecting social distancing and other rules over Easter.

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Germany limits use of AstraZeneca covid shots to people aged 60 and above

BERLIN : Germany will from Wednesday limit the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to people aged 60 and above as well as high-priority groups following further reports of a rare brain blood disorder."We have to be able trust the vaccines," Chancellor Angela Merkel told journalists at a news conference on Tuesday.

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AstraZeneca vaccine use again suspended for people under 60 in parts of Germany

A file image shows a medical syringe with AstraZeneca’s company logo displayed on a screen in the background. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) BERLIN - Several German regions again suspended AstraZeneca shots on Tuesday for people under 60 after new reports of unusual blood clots, prompting Chancellor Angela Merkel to call an urgent meeting about the continued use of the coronavirus vaccine.The news is the latest blow to the vaccine, which is critical to Europe’s immunization campaign and a linchpin in the global strategy to get shots to poorer countries.

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Time for a global treaty on health emergencies

Covid has placed us in a similar bind. For the pandemic to be quelled, nobody anywhere should be at its mercy.

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Merkel blames German 'perfectionism' for current virus woes

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has blamed her country's difficulties during the coronavirus pandemic — from the slow vaccine rollout to the back-and-forth over lockdown rules — on “a tendency toward perfectionism” and called for greater flexibility to tackle the latest surge in cases.

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Germany's Merkel: EU needs to increase vaccine production

BERLIN – The European Union's problems with getting deliveries of coronavirus vaccines have underscored the need for the bloc to redouble its efforts to produce its own doses, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday.

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Merkel, German governors to meet on virus measures

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold talks with the 16 state governors Wednesday in a quickly arranged meeting on the coronavirus pandemic, German news agency dpa reported.

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Germany orders tough Easter shutdown as ICUs come under pressure

Germany it to impose a strict lockdown for five days over Easter as Covid-19 infections spiral "exponentially".

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Merkel backs EU chief's AstraZeneca export ban threat

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has voiced support for EU chief Ursula von der Leyen's threat to block AstraZeneca vaccines produced in the bloc from being exported, ahead of a crunch EU summit on the escalating row.

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Germany tightens coronavirus restrictions through Easter as cases rise again

Germany has extended its lockdown measures by another month and imposed several new restrictions, including largely shutting down public life over Easter, in an effort to drive down the rate of coronavirus infections.Speaking early Tuesday after a lengthy video call with the country’s 16 state governors, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that restrictions previously set to run through March 28 will now remain in place until April 18.Coronavirus infections have increased steadily in Germany as the more contagious variant first detected in Britain has become dominant, and the country’s daily number of cases per capita has passed that of the United States.“We basically have a new pandemic,” Merkel told reporters in Berlin.

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Germany to consider mandatory quarantine measures

Germany is considering making all people returning from abroad face quarantine and compulsory Covid-19 tests after infection rates jumped above the level at which authorities say hospitals will be overstretched.

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German COVID-19 numbers surge, strengthening case for lockdown

Angela Merkel, who warned that more infectious variants meant the pandemic would be hard to control.According to the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases, the number of cases per 100,000 population over a week stood at 103.9 on Sunday, above the 100 threshold at which intensive care units can no longer keep up.Public fatigue over lockdown measures, now in their fourth month, is growing but the numbers suggest state premiers may be forced to pull the "emergency brake" they agreed to on March 2, reversing the opening of some shops.The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 13,733 to 2,659,516, according to the RKI.

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Merkel's party faces tough election-year test in state polls

BERLIN – Two German states choose new legislatures on Sunday, the first major political test of a year in which a national election will determine who succeeds Chancellor Angela Merkel. The weekend votes come at a challenging time for the longtime leader's party.

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German lawmakers seek to grill Merkel over Wirecard scandal

BERLIN – German lawmakers say they plan to question Chancellor Angela Merkel and her deputy, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, about their involvement with the collapsed payment systems provider Wirecard next month.

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Pandemic risks undoing gains for women, Merkel warns

Angela Merkel warned Saturday that the pandemic risked rolling back progress made on gender equality, as women take on the lion's share of childcare in lockdown and are more likely to work in at-risk jobs."We have to make sure that the pandemic does not lead us to fall back into old gender patterns we thought we had overcome," Merkel said in a video message ahead of International Women's Day on March 8.Women have been disproportionately affected by the health crisis, she said, while being underrepresented in decision-making positions."Once again it's more often women who have to master the balancing act between homeschooling, childcare and their own jobs," said the veteran leader.Women also outnumber men in care professions at a time when

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0