100,000 COVID deaths in Germany – a grim milestone
By DW
05 December 2021 |
1:10 pm
Many experts agree that Germany's fourth COVID wave could have been avoided, as most of the recent deaths were among people not vaccinated. DW's Luisa von Richthofen met a woman who lost two close relatives early on in the pandemic.
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