“We can say that the decisive point of the second wave has been overcome, we must hold out a little longer, and then vaccinations will come, hospitals will not be so overwhelmed, because the elderly will not be so sick.
I see a light light at the end of the tunnel, but this is an extremely difficult time, "RIA Novosti quotes Merkel.
According to her, the pandemic was too long and many things could not be predicted, for example, the appearance of virus mutations.
Earlier, Merkel said that the German authorities expect to vaccinate almost 10 million people in the first quarter of this year.