Germany: Olaf Scholz defends plan to phase out Covid state of emergency

Chancellor-in-waiting pushes for MPs to support catalogue of new measures to curb spread of virus Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Olaf Scholz has defended his plan to phase out a state of national emergency by the end of the month despite the country recording the highest coronavirus case numbers since the start of the pandemic. "The virus is still here and threatening the health of our citizens," Scholz said in a parliamentary debate...