Angela Merkel urged unvaccinated Germans to get a COVID-19 jab to curb the spread of the virus during the winter.
“If we stand together, if we think about protecting ourselves and caring for others, we can save our country a lot this winter,” the outgoing German chancellor said in her weekly podcast, warning that "these are very difficult weeks ahead of us.”
Merkel asked people who hadn't yet received the COVID-19 jab to reconsider their decision.
Infections have been rising in Germany for weeks
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