Germany hits 2m cases as WHO tackles new strains
(WorldNews Europe)

FRANKFURT • Germany passed two million Covid-19 cases yesterday as a World Health Organisation (WHO) emergency committee readied to issue advice on stemming the spread of new, more contagious strains of the coronavirus. Germany`s Covid-19 cases rose by 22,368 to more than two million, according to the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases. It was the smallest rise in infections on a Friday for more than two months. A week ago, the number of new cases registered was almost 10,000 higher. But a high death toll, up 1,113 to 44,994 yesterday, and worries over more contagious variants of the coronavirus are fanning fears that existing lockdown measures are falling short. The surge...