Germany faces record-breaking infection numbers and fears of the omicron variant abound, Angela Merkel's designated successor Olaf Scholz is calling for a general vaccine mandate. #OmicronVariant #VaccineMandate #Germany

"Though the seven-day incidence rate has fallen slightly this week, it still stood at 442.9 new infections per 100,000 people on Wednesday, with 67,186 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours. 

Merkel, Scholz, and the leaders of Germany's 16 states tightened Covid restrictions just two weeks ago, but came together again on Tuesday to discuss tougher measures and are now expected to fine-tune the plans." Read more.