‘Negligence’ Blamed for Germany’s Virus Case Rise

‘Negligence’ Blamed for Germany’s Virus Case Rise
The head of Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Lothar Wieler, addresses a news conference on the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, on July 28, 2020. Tobias Schwarz/Reuters
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BERLIN—Negligence is behind Germany’s steady rise in new coronavirus infections, the head of a state-funded research body said on Tuesday, adding it was unclear if a second wave was underway.

“The new developments in Germany make me very worried,” Lothar Wieler, of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases, said during his first news conference in weeks.