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Rise in German virus infections spurs concern

A testing station is set up at the Westfleisch meat processing factory in Hamm, western Germany afer a spike in cases

Germany's coronavirus spread appears to be picking up speed again, official data showed Sunday, just days after Chancellor Angela Merkel said the country could gradually return to normal.

The Robert Koch Institute for public health said Germany's closely watched reproduction rate (R0) had climbed to 1.1, meaning 10 people with COVID-19 infect on average 11 others.

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