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		</div><p>Germany’s health minister has said it is too soon to declare a “freedom day” from Covid-19 as the virus continues to run rampant, claiming hundreds of lives each day.</p>
<p>The country’s disease control agency reported 296,498 newly confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, and 288 deaths.</p>
<p>German lawmakers voted last week to let most federal rules on wearing masks and testing expire.</p>
<p>But Health Minister Karl Lauterbach urged the country’s 16 states to use their powers to ensure social distancing and other safety measures in virus hotspots.</p>
<p>“The pandemic isn’t over by a long shot,” Mr Lauterbach told reporters in Berlin.</p>
<p>“There can be no talk of a ‘freedom day’. Quite the contrary.”</p>
<p>He said the real number of daily infections was not known but could be twice that currently reported.</p>
<p>Hospitals are having to cancel procedures due to large numbers of sick staff, he added.</p>
<p>Germany has had fewer deaths per capita than comparable European countries since the start of the outbreak but officials are concerned that the vaccination rate of under 76% could result in many more severe cases in future, particularly among the older population.</p>
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