Germany has passed Omicron peak, says health minister

A nurses takes care for a patient with severe Covid-19 in Fulda, Germany (dpa via AP)

Germany’s health minister has said he thinks the country has passed the peak of new daily infections with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

Karl Lauterbach said government measures taken to curb the number of cases had been effective, but he warned against relaxing the public health rules too hastily.