German Chancellor Angela Merkel received her first shot of AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, her spokesman said on Twitter. “I am happy that I received the first vaccination with AstraZeneca,” the Twitter post quoted Merkel, 66, as saying. “Vaccinations are the key to overcoming the pandemic,” she added in the quote. Germany’s vaccine regulator has recommended...
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Merkel calls crisis meeting Wednesday over virus measures
Chancellor Angela Merkel has summoned the leaders of Germany’s 16 states to an unexpected crisis meeting on Wednesday amid a backlash over pandemic measures, the chief of her CDU party said. “The chancellor has invited the (regional leaders) at short notice for 11 o’clock today and I think that we will talk very critically there...