The whole world looks to the Federal Republic because it holds the G-7 presidency. In the fight against the virus, Germany can therefore exert double influence. What the federal government must do now.
The third year of the pandemic has begun, and it still begins with the familiar mix of worry and hope. The concern is about the rapidly spreading omicron variant, even greater is the fear of whether the Greek alphabet will be sufficient to record other dangerous mutants. In the worst case, it would be one that undermines the vaccination protection. Sars-CoV-2 has amazed the world’s best experts again and again since its discovery.