Behind Germany’s low coronavirus death rate

The country’s reported fatality rate is 16 times lower than that in UK

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Almost empty Pariser Platz by the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
(Image credit: Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Scientists are struggling to understand how so many coronavirus patients in Germany are surviving despite the country being among the hardest hit by the pandemic.

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