Is Germany’s fourth wave of Covid-19 a warning of things to come?

Angela Merkel urges faster jab rollout as incidence rate passes 300 for first time

Anti-lockdown protesters in Berlin last year
Anti-lockdown protesters in Berlin last year
(Image credit: John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images)

Officials in Germany are considering expanding Covid-19 restrictions after the country’s infection rate reached its highest point since the outbreak of the pandemic.

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