Germany holds memorial event to remember coronavirus victims

Top officials attended a memorial service in Berlin, Germany (Michael Sohn/AP)

Germany has paid tribute to the nearly 80,000 people it has lost to the coronavirus, even as the country argues about how to get a grip on another rise in infections.

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier led a memorial event at Berlin’s Konzerthaus concert hall with Chancellor Angela Merkel and a few other top officials.