Merkel: ‘Sad day’ as Germany marks 100,000 deaths from COVID


              German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media after talks with the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (John MacDougall / Pool Photo via AP)
            
              A coffin labelled with a paper 'SARS-CoV-2 positive - Corona' cremated in the crematorium in Giesen, Germany, Nov. 25, 2021. Germany’s disease control agency said it recorded 351 additional deaths in connection with the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, taking the total toll to 100,119. In Europe, Germany is the fifth country to pass that mark, after Russia, the United Kingdom, Italy and France. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)
            People stand in a queue in front of a newly established vaccination station for vaccination against the coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease in the center of Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP) A company medical assistant vaccinates an employee with the Corona vaccine from Pfizer at a company vaccination center of Robert Bosch GmbH in Gerlingen, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP) A company medical assistant draws up a dose of the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease in a company vaccination center for employees of Robert Bosch GmbH in Gerlingen, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP) A coffins labelled as 'SARS-CoV-2 positive - Corona' stand in the the mourge of the crematorium in Giesen, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. Germany's disease control agency said it recorded 351 additional deaths in connection with the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, taking the total toll to 100,119. In Europe, Germany is the fifth country to pass that mark, after Russia, the United Kingdom, Italy and France. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP) A coffins labelled as 'SARS-CoV-2 positive - Corona' stand in the the mourge of the crematorium in Giesen, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. Germany's disease control agency said it recorded 351 additional deaths in connection with the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, taking the total toll to 100,119. In Europe, Germany is the fifth country to pass that mark, after Russia, the United Kingdom, Italy and France. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP) A coffins labelled as 'SARS-CoV-2 positive - Corona' stand in front of the furnace at the crematorium in Giesen, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. Germany's disease control agency said it recorded 351 additional deaths in connection with the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, taking the total toll to 100,119. In Europe, Germany is the fifth country to pass that mark, after Russia, the United Kingdom, Italy and France. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)