17K views · 440 reactions | New coronavirus prevention measures will come into place in Germany on Wednesday. The goal is to bring down the infection rate so authorities can carry out contact tracing once again, as the high number of infections made contact tracing impossible. | DW News | Facebook

10K views · 543 reactions | Today Germany held a national memorial day for nearly 80,000 people in the country who lost their lives to COVID-19. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel attended memorial event alongside relatives of those who died. | DW News | Facebook

German Chancellor Angela Merkel cautioned that a third wave of coronavirus infections was possible due to the new variants. "And we can only fight it if we really get the infection rate down." | DW News