German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged unvaccinated people to reconsider their decision in a video message on Saturday, as the country's seven-day coronavirus incidence rate rose to the highest level since the pandemic began. "Difficult weeks lie ahead of us, and you can see that I am very worried," Merkel said, speaking in her weekly video podcast. Germany's seven-day incidence rate - the number of people per 100,000 to be infected over the last week - rose to 277.4 on Saturday, data from the Robert Koch Institute showed. "It has always helped us when states and the federal government worked together and committed to uniform rules," Merkel said. (Reporting by Victoria Waldersee; Editing by Jan Harvey)This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text.

Source: Mint November 13, 2021 22:23 UTC