India condemns attack at Magdeburg Christmas market in Germany
India has condemned the car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, which claimed five lives and injured dozens, with numbers showing more than 200 injured.
Merkel also said the country wanted to work closely with the WHO, which has a key role in this issue.
SNS | New Delhi | May 3, 2020 10:55 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for global cooperation in developing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus.
On Saturday, Merkel said in her weekly podcast specch, “This epidemic is a pandemic and a worldwide spreading disease that we cannot fight nationally but only together”, while referring to the video conference of G20 members in late March when the group decided to fight the pandemic together.
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Her remarks came two days before the donor conference for coronavirus vaccine initiated by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, according to the media reports.
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The German Chancellor further said, “Everyone can get the virus, and that’s why we have the task of acting together worldwide. It is not just an opportunity for joint action, but I would say it is a must”.
Merkel also said the country wanted to work closely with the WHO, which has a key role in this issue.
In April, Merkel announced plans to slowly ease restrictions brought in to tackle the virus pandemic.
Earlier, she appealed to citizens’ “reason and empathy” in implementing the contact restrictions, saying she had been “very moved” by how closely people had stuck to less stringent.
Currently, the country has reported 164,967 coronavirus cases, with 6,812 deaths.
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India has condemned the car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, which claimed five lives and injured dozens, with numbers showing more than 200 injured.
The recent appointment of Sanjay Malhotra as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), replacing Shaktikanta Das, signals a pivotal shift in India’s monetary policy dynamics.
At least two people were killed and dozens more injured in a suspected attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday evening
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