Germany's health minister says the coronavirus outbreak in the country has become "manageable,'' with new data showing the rate of new infections has slowed significantly. Jens Spahn told reporters in Berlin on Friday that the increase in virus cases isn't exponential anymore, but linear. Spahn noted that since April 12, the country has also had more people recovered from the virus than active cases. Experts say early and widespread testing has helped Germany keep a lid on the outbreak. Spahn said the country has so far conducted 1.7 million tests and is able to carry out 700,000 a week if necessary.-AP

Source: The Standard April 17, 2020 09:33 UTC