A senior German immunologist, Carsten Watzl, has urged his country to change its mind and start allowing persons aged over 65 to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

World No.3 Germany side thrashed world No.9 Indian women's hockey team 5-0 in the first match of the four-match series here on Saturday.

Germany is in a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel told lawmakers in her conservative party, two sources at the meeting told Reuters on Tuesday.

Germany's daily coronavirus infection figures remained below the previous week's level on Wednesday.

Germany will have difficulties making use of all available COVID-19 vaccines in April, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview with broadcaster ZDF on Friday.

After an easing of the Covid-19 situation in Germany last summer, the number of infections increased again in the autumn when the second wave hit the country.

According to the decision paper published following a video conference, the restrictions tackling the spread of the virus, which are due on February 14, will extend to March 7.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that her country's attitude towards the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is, for the present, unaffected by Russia's treatment of its opposition leader Alexei...

The German military on Wednesday sent more than 20 doctors and nurses together with ventilators and hospital beds to coronavirus-stricken Portugal, where a severe rise in cases has prompted several...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reaffirmed that the government will make sure that every citizen is vaccinated against the novel coronavirus by the end of summer.