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German Health Minister Jens Spahn briefs the media astir the vaccination run against the coronavirus and the COVID-19 illness successful Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Background reads: 'Federal Press Conference'. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

BERLIN – Germany's wellness curate said Monday that the accelerated emergence successful coronavirus cases means it's apt everyone successful the state who isn't vaccinated volition person caught COVID-19 by the extremity of the wintertime — and immoderate of those volition die.

Official figures showed much than 30,000 recently confirmed cases successful Germany implicit the past 24 hours — an summation of astir 50% compared to 1 week ago. Hospitals person warned that ICU capacities are astir exhausted, with immoderate patients having to beryllium transferred to different clinics acold away.

Health Minister Jens Spahn urged Germans to get vaccinated, including with booster shots if their archetypal circular of inoculation occurred much than six months ago, to trim the hazard of superior illness.

“By the extremity of this wintertime beauteous overmuch everyone successful Germany (...) volition person been vaccinated, recovered oregon died,” Spahn told reporters successful Berlin.

He acknowledged immoderate had described this presumption arsenic cynical. “But it's true. With the highly contagious delta variant this is very, precise apt and that's wherefore we are recommending vaccination truthful urgently,” said Spahn.

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Germany expects the European Union to o.k. vaccines against COVID-19 for children aged 5-11 astatine the extremity of the week, helium said. School-age children person among the highest corruption rates successful the country.

The EU volition statesman shipping vaccines adjusted for younger children connected Dec. 20, with Germany initially getting 2.4 cardinal doses, Spahn said.

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