"Probably by the end of this winter ... almost everyone in Germany will be vaccinated, cured or die," the publication quotes Spahn's statement.

According to him, the main reason lies in the ubiquitous spread of the coronavirus delta strain.

“We have ... a very difficult situation in many hospitals,” summed up Spahn.

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Health of Germany announced the possibility of introducing a nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus infection COVID-19

Virologist and professor at the Gamaleya Center, Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with 360, explained the tendency towards a decrease in deaths by the influence of vaccination.