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Germany’s Spahn: Infection numbers decreasing despite higher proportion of new variant

The new coronavirus variants are spreading quickly in Germany but infection numbers are decreasing, Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Wednesday, as reported by Reuters.

Additional takeaways

“New British coronavirus variant now makes up more than 20%.”

“10 million doses of coronavirus vaccine will be delivered by next week in Germany.”

“The pace of vaccinations can now speed up significantly.”

“No vaccine dose is being left unused.”

“Reactions to AstraZeneca vaccine in the scope of what had been expected.”

“Reactions are not bad and it’s a sign immune system is working.”

Market reaction

Germany’s DAX 30 Index struggles to stage a recovery after these comments and was last seen losing 0.65% on the day at 13,974.

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