Five years have passed since 22 March 2020, when the German government at the time imposed the first lockdown in an effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. What began as a two-week measure developed ...

The new coronavirus variant spreading globally, especially in parts of Asia, has not taken hold in Germany, according to the World Health Organization. The variant, known as NB.1.8.1, was first ...

Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) speaks at a press conference at the CDU headquarters. Michael Kappeler/dpa Former German chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed ...

Jens Spahn had been called as a witness but he must have felt like a defendant during his questioning by the parliamentary fact-finding commission. Spahn, Germany's health minister from 2018 to 2021, ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany will have to apply an “emergency brake” to reverse some recent relaxations of pandemic restrictions as coronavirus infections accelerate. Germany’s ...