Germany Already Dealing With Second Coronavirus Wave: Doctors’ Union

Germany Already Dealing With Second Coronavirus Wave: Doctors’ Union
A traveller receives a voluntary coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at the new corona test center at the Hochfelln service station on the A8 motorway near the town of Bergen, Germany, on 30 July 2020. Michael Dalder/Reuters
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BERLIN—Germany is already contending with a second wave of the coronavirus and risks squandering its early success by flouting social distancing rules, the head of the German doctors’ union said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday.

The number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases has ticked up steadily in recent weeks, with health experts warning lax adherence to hygiene and distancing rules among some of the public is spreading the virus across communities.