Germany faces 'long road ahead' in Covid-19 battle, warns expert

An apparent plateau in the number of new cases could partly be a result of overwhelmed local health authorities falling behind on testing, the president of the RKI public-health institute said

Germany has a long battle ahead against the Covid-19 pandemic, a top health official warned, with pressure set to increase on intensive-care units even as infections show signs of peaking.
 

An apparent plateau in the number of new cases could partly be a result of overwhelmed local health authorities falling behind on testing, Lothar Wieler, the president of the RKI public-health institute, said Friday at a news conference in Berlin. He urged citizens to reduce social contacts and called for caution in interpreting the latest Covid data.

“We still have a long road ahead of us,” said Wieler, who was flanked