German health official warns trend in falling coronavirus cases could reverse

Falling coronavirus infections and a steady rise in vaccinations mean lifting lockdown measures in Germany is possible, Health Minister Jens Spahn. (AFP)

• ‘We are standing possibly at a turning point again’

BERLIN: Germany’s infection numbers appear to be stagnating at a level that is still too high, a top public health official said on Friday, warning a downward trend in recent weeks could reverse.
“We are standing possibly at a turning point again,” Lother Wieler, the president of the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases, told a weekly news conference.
“The national case number appear to be stagnating.”