Prognosis
Germany Lowers Virus-Risk Level as Pandemic Threat Recedes
- RKI warning reduced to ‘high’ after six months at ‘very high’
- ‘It could be a really good summer,’ Health Minister Spahn says
A waiter sets up restaurant terrace tables in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Germany cut its Covid-19 risk level to “high” from “very high” in the latest sign that the coronavirus pandemic is loosening its grip on Europe’s largest economy.
After raising its contagion warning in December, the Robert Koch Institute -- the country’s public health authority -- is lowering it on Tuesday, according to Health Minister Jens Spahn. The move is a sign of lower infections and fewer people with the virus in intensive care, he said.