13 January 2021, Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) sits in the cabinet meeting at the Chancellor's Office wearing a mouth-nose protector. Photo: Michael Sohn/POOL AP/dpa

13 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bielefeld: A gritting vehicle drives on a snow-covered road. A gritting vehicle overturned in Bielefeld. The 22-year-old driver was slightly injured. The vehicle had to be towed away. Several police stations reported accidents due to slippery roads. Photo: Friso Gentsch/dpa

13 January 2021, Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) sits in the cabinet meeting at the Chancellor's Office wearing a mouth-nose protector. Photo: Michael Sohn/POOL AP/dpa

13 January 2021, Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) sits in the cabinet meeting at the Chancellor's Office wearing a mouth-nose protector. Photo: Michael Sohn/POOL AP/dpa

13 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bielefeld: Cars drive on a snow-covered road. The German Weather Service has warned of icy conditions in North Rhine-Westphalia due to over-freezing. Police were on duty in many places. Photo: Friso Gentsch/dpa

13 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hagen: The defendant sits next to his defense attorney Andreas Trode in the district court, a court employee walks in front. After an exchange of fire with several police officers, the 37-year-old man is accused, among other things, of multiple attempted murder. He had got into a traffic control with drugs in his car and had then shot at the police officers. He then fled and was later arrested by the SEK. Photo: Bernd Thissen/dpa - ATTENTION: Person(s) have been pixelated for legal reasons

13 January 2021, Israel, Jerusalem: A protester argues with police officers during a protest against the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding his resignation over corruption cases. Netanyahu was due to be in court on 13 January for the presentation of his formal response to the corruption charges, but the hearing was postponed to 08 February due to a coronavirus national lockdown. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

13 January 2021, Israel, Jerusalem: A protester holds a candle and a placard in Arabic during a protest against the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding his resignation over corruption cases. Netanyahu was due to be in court on 13 January for the presentation of his formal response to the corruption charges, but the hearing was postponed to 08 February due to a coronavirus national lockdown. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

13 January 2021, Israel, Jerusalem: A protester holds a placard during a protest against the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding his resignation over corruption cases. Netanyahu was due to be in court on 13 January for the presentation of his formal response to the corruption charges, but the hearing was postponed to 08 February due to a coronavirus national lockdown. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

13 January 2021, Israel, Jerusalem: Protesters shout slogans during a protest against the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding his resignation over corruption cases. Netanyahu was due to be in court on 13 January for the presentation of his formal response to the corruption charges, but the hearing was postponed to 08 February due to a coronavirus national lockdown. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

13 January 2021, Berlin: A nurse is vaccinated against the Corona virus as part of the employee vaccination programme at Bethel Hospital in Berlin. A total of 66 employees will be vaccinated here with the first delivery of the vaccine from Biontech/Pfizer. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

13 January 2021, Berlin: A doctor is vaccinated against the Corona virus as part of the employee vaccination programme at Bethel Hospital in Berlin. A total of 66 employees are vaccinated here with the first delivery of the vaccine from Biontech/Pfizer. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

13 January 2021, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Kaeselow: A car drives on a road covered with snow and ice. Snow and sudden icy conditions have hindered traffic in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. According to police, there were at least twelve accidents. Photo: Jens Buttner/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

13 January 2021, Bavaria, Munich: A family with children slithers across the frozen banks of the Isar, glowing in the last light of day. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa

13 January 2021, Bavaria, Munich: Two women walk along the frozen banks of the Isar River, which glows in the last light of day. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa

13 January 2021, Bavaria, Munich: A child and a man walk along the frozen banks of the Isar River, which glows in the last light of day. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa

13 January 2021, Bavaria, Munich: Passers-by walk along the frozen banks of the Isar, glowing in the last light of day. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa

13 January 2021, Hessen, Gro?-Umstadt: The clouds above the first hills of the northern Odenwald let rays of sunshine through onto the landscape, which is partly covered by snow. Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa

13 January 2021, Berlin: Different banknotes with the values 10, 20, 50 and 100 Euro stand next to each other. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

13 January 2021, Berlin: Different banknotes with the values 10, 20, 50 and 100 Euro stand next to each other. Photo: J?rg Carstensen/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, D?beln: "Caution! infectious corpse" is written on a coffin containing a deceased person who died of or with the coronavirus, which is in the crematorium's cold room. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, D?beln: "Corona positive" is written on a coffin containing a deceased person who died of or with the corona virus, which is in the crematorium's cold room. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, D?beln: "Caution: infectious corpse" is written on coffins containing deceased persons who died of or with the coronavirus, which are located in the crematorium's cold room. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, D?beln: "Caution: infectious corpse" is written on coffins containing deceased persons who died of or with the coronavirus, which are located in the crematorium's cold room. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel: The sunset can be seen through a lattice to which locks are attached, with thick, dark clouds over the Kiel Canal. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa

13 January 2021, Berlin: Alexanderplatz is empty. In the future, Berliners will only be allowed to move 15 kilometers from the city limits. According to information from the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, the Senate agreed on a corresponding restriction of freedom of movement at its meeting on Tuesday in view of the continuing large number of new Corona infections. Photo: Annette Riedl/dpa

13 January 2021, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel: The sunset can be seen with dense, dark clouds over the Kiel Canal. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa

13 January 2021, Berlin: Alexanderplatz is empty. In the future, Berliners will only be allowed to move 15 kilometers from the city limits. According to information from the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, the Senate agreed on a corresponding restriction of freedom of movement at its meeting on Tuesday in view of the continuing large number of new Corona infections. Photo: Annette Riedl/dpa

13 January 2021, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel: The sunset can be seen with dense, dark clouds over the Kiel Canal. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa

13 January 2021, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel: The sunset can be seen with dense, dark clouds over the Kiel Canal. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, D?beln: Coffins containing deceased persons who died of or with the coronavirus stand in the crematorium in front of the cremation furnace. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, D?beln: A mobile refrigerated trailer for storing coffins is parked in front of the crematorium. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, D?beln: "Caution infectious corpse" is written on a coffin containing a deceased person who died of or with the coronavirus, which is in the crematorium's cold room. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, D?beln: Coffins are stored in a mobile refrigerated trailer located outside the crematory. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, Schkeuditz: A sign shows the way to the departure and station at Leipzig/Halle Airport. The airport is to become part of an EU-wide network for civil protection. The German Red Cross will set up a logistics centre at the airport for this purpose. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Egypt, Kairo: Branding in World Cup look in the "Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall". The German national handball team will hold its first training session in the "Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall". Photo: Sascha Klahn/dpa

13 January 2021, Egypt, Kairo: The empty ranks in the "Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall". The German national handball team will have their first training session at the "Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall". Photo: Sascha Klahn/dpa

13 January 2021, Egypt, Kairo: The official match ball bears the logo of the event. The German national handball team will hold its first training session in the "Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall". Photo: Sascha Klahn/dpa

13 January 2021, Egypt, Kairo: The German national handball team will hold its first training session in the "Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall". The catacombs are subject to "Restricted Entry/Movement" - strictly limited access. Photo: Sascha Klahn/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Sangerhausen: Christine Ehrenpfordt (2nd from right), ear, nose and throat doctor, vaccinates a resident against the coronavirus at the DRK nursing and care centre "Tor zur Altstadt". In the home, residents and employees are vaccinated, accompanied by the mobile vaccination team. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

13 January 2021, Saxony, Schkeuditz: View of the tower from Leipzig/Halle Airport. The airport is to become part of an EU-wide network for disaster control. The German Red Cross will be setting up a logistics centre at the airport for this purpose. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Stolberg: The roofs of the half-timbered town of Stolberg in the Harz Mountains are covered in snow. The small town, which is popular with tourists, looks like it has been swept clean these days. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Stolberg: Snow lies on the roof of a hotel in the centre of Stolberg in the Harz Mountains. The small town, which is popular with tourists, looks like it's empty these days. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Stolberg: The roofs of the half-timbered town of Stolberg in the Harz Mountains are covered in snow. The small town with the striking castle, which is popular with tourists, seems to be deserted these days. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Stolberg: The roofs of the half-timbered town of Stolberg in the Harz Mountains are covered in snow. The small town, which is popular with tourists, looks like it has been swept clean these days. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Brandenburg, Herzberg: A white stork (Ciconia ciconia) flies over a meadow in the Elbe-Elster district. This stork could not fly south like its conspecifics last autumn because of an injury to its right wing. Now the stork, which is already called "Schwarzwei?chen" in Herzberg, winters in southern Brandenburg. Apparently, the animal still finds enough food in the surrounding fields and fields. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

13 January 2021, Brandenburg, Herzberg: A white stork (Ciconia ciconia) lands in a meadow in the Elbe-Elster district. This stork could not fly south like its conspecifics last autumn because of an injury to its right wing. Now the stork, which is already called "Schwarzwei?chen" in Herzberg, winters in southern Brandenburg. Apparently, the animal still finds enough food in the surrounding fields and fields. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

13 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hagen: Entrance of the local court and district court. Photo: Bernd Thissen/dpa

13 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hagen: Entrance of the local court and district court. Photo: Bernd Thissen/dpa

13 January 2021, Kiel: FC Bayern Munich players and support staff get off a private jet at Kiel airport. In the evening, the German football record champion plays its eighth-final match in the DFB Cup at second-division team Holstein Kiel. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fu?ball Liga and/or the DFB Deutscher Fu?ball-Bund, it is prohibited to use or have used photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequence pictures and/or video-like photo series.

13 January 2021, Hamburg: A man protects himself from the snowflakes with an umbrella. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa

13 January 2021, Kiel: A private jet stands next to an FC Bayern Munich team bus on the tarmac at Kiel airport. In the evening, the German football record champion will play its eighth-final match in the DFB Cup at second-division team Holstein Kiel. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fu?ball Liga and/or the DFB Deutscher Fu?ball-Bund, it is prohibited to use or have used photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequence pictures and/or video-like photo series.

13 January 2021, Hamburg: Shoe prints can be seen in the snow on a sidewalk. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa

13 January 2021, Hamburg: Shoe prints can be seen in the snow on a sidewalk. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa

13 January 2021, Kiel: Two FC Bayern Munchen team buses are parked on the tarmac at Kiel Airport. In the evening, the German football record champion will play its eighth-final match in the DFB Cup at second-division team Holstein Kiel. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fu?ball Liga and/or the DFB Deutscher Fu?ball-Bund, it is prohibited to use or have used photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequence pictures and/or video-like photo series.

13 January 2021, Hamburg: A woman is crossing a crosswalk with a child. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa

13 January 2021, Kiel: A private jet with FC Bayern Munich players and support staff lands at Kiel airport. In the evening, the German football record champion plays its eighth-final match in the DFB Cup at second-division team Holstein Kiel. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fu?ball Liga and/or the DFB Deutscher Fu?ball-Bund, it is prohibited to use or have used photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequence pictures and/or video-like photo series.

13 January 2021, Kiel: Supporters of FC Bayern Munich take pictures of an FC Bayern Munich team bus during its departure at Kiel airport. In the evening, the German football record champion will play its eighth-final match in the DFB Cup at second-division team Holstein Kiel. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fu?ball Liga and/or the DFB Deutscher Fu?ball-Bund, it is prohibited to use or have used photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequence pictures and/or video-like photo series.

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Twistringen: The tires of a completely destroyed tractor torn off in an accident lie in a ditch. According to the police, the 20-year-old driver was seriously injured in the accident. Photo: Kai Moorschlat/Nordwestmedia-Tv/dpa

13 January 2021, Kiel: Hansi Flick (r), coach of FC Bayern Munchen, boards the team bus at Kiel Airport. In the evening, the German football record champions will play their eighth-final match in the DFB Cup at second-division team Holstein Kiel. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fu?ball Liga and/or the DFB Deutscher Fu?ball-Bund, it is prohibited to use or have used photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequence pictures and/or video-like photo series.

13 January 2021, Kiel: Members of a fan club greet the FC Bayern Munich players after they landed at Kiel airport. In the evening, the German football record champion will play its eighth-final match in the DFB Cup at second-division team Holstein Kiel. Photo: Frank Molter/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fu?ball Liga and/or the DFB Deutscher Fu?ball-Bund, it is prohibited to use or have used photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequence pictures and/or video-like photo series.

13 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Oberharmersbach: Rays of sunlight fall between the snow-covered trees through the mist hanging in the forest. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa

13 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Oberharmersbach: Rays of sunlight fall between the snow-covered trees through the fog hanging in the forest while the blue sky can be seen behind. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, D?beln: Rescue workers recover a truck lying in a ditch on the Autobahn 14 near D?beln in the direction of Dresden after an accident. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: Passers-by walk past a shop window in the shopping mile K?nigstra?e, which is labelled "new store - grand reopening in spring 2021". A large part of the retailers in the southwest fear for the future because of the ongoing Corona lockdown and demand more and better tailored help for the industry. (to dpa "Association sees trade in the southwest in dramatic situation") Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa

13 January 2021, Hamburg: A vehicle from the ADAC roadside assistance service drives through the Eimsbuttel district. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa

13 January 2021, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: An advertisement displays the words "Today is not every day, we'll be back, no question!" on the facade of a building that houses a movie theater. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Hanover: Bernhard Zentgraf, Chairman of the Taxpayers' Association of Lower Saxony and Bremen e.V., stands during the changeover of the debt clock in the parliamentary group room of the CDU in the Lower Saxony state parliament. The debt clock illustrating the liabilities of the state of Lower Saxony is approaching the 70 billion euro mark. This year, the debt level is growing by 35 euros per second, according to the Taxpayers' Association. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Hamburg: Firefighters extinguish a major fire in the Wilhelmsburg district. A warehouse in an industrial estate has been in full blaze since the morning. Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa

13 January 2021, Hamburg: Firefighters extinguish a major fire in the Wilhelmsburg district with the help of a THW wheel loader. A warehouse in an industrial estate has been in full blaze since the morning. Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa

13 January 2021, Hamburg: Firefighters extinguish a major fire in the Wilhelmsburg district with the help of a THW wheel loader. A warehouse in an industrial estate has been in full blaze since the morning. Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa

13 January 2021, Hamburg: Firefighters extinguish a major fire in the Wilhelmsburg district. A warehouse in an industrial estate has been in full blaze since the morning. Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa

13 January 2021, Hamburg: Firefighters extinguish a major fire in the Wilhelmsburg district. A warehouse in an industrial estate has been in full blaze since the morning. Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa

13 January 2021, Hamburg: Firefighters extinguish a major fire in the Wilhelmsburg district. A warehouse in an industrial estate has been in full blaze since the morning. Photo: Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: Employee Niklas Grube pushes a coffin into a cooling chamber at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle", which contains coffins of deceased persons who died with or from the Corona virus. The crematorium in Celle has recorded an increase in cremations of Corona dead since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: Benjamin Kuhn, cremation technician, pushes a coffin to a furnace for cremation at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle". The crematorium in Celle has seen an increase in cremations of Corona deceased since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: Benjamin Kuhn, cremation technician, pushes a coffin to a furnace for cremation at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle". The crematorium in Celle has seen an increase in cremations of Corona deceased since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: Benjamin Kuhn, cremation technician, pushes a coffin to a furnace for cremation at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle". The crematorium in Celle has seen an increase in cremations of Corona deceased since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Sangerhausen: Martina Neuhold, doctor's assistant, holds ready-prepared syringes for the vaccinations against the coronavirus in the DRK nursing and care centre "Tor zur Altstadt" in her hands. In the home, residents and staff are vaccinated, accompanied by a mobile vaccination team. For this purpose, the doctor and her assistants visit the patients in their rooms. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Sangerhausen: Christine Ehrenpfordt (r), ear, nose and throat doctor, vaccinates 100-year-old resident Ilse Joraschek against the coronavirus at the DRK nursing and care centre "Tor zur Altstadt". In the home, accompanied by the mobile vaccination team, residents and employees are vaccinated. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Sangerhausen: Martina Neuhold, medical assistant, prepares syringes with the vaccine against Corona at the DRK nursing and care centre "Tor zur Altstadt". Accompanied by the mobile vaccination team, residents and employees are vaccinated in the home. For this purpose, the doctor and her assistants visit the patients in their rooms. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Sangerhausen: "Test Station" stands at the entrance to the DRK nursing and care centre "Tor zur Altstadt". Everyone who enters the home is tested here for the coronavirus with a rapid test. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Warnemunde: The Greenpeace ship "Esperanza" is moored in Warnemunde, where it was loaded with 20 large field stones, according to the water police. In July 2020, Greenpeace had sunk granite stones off the island of Rugen in the Baltic Sea in the Adlergrund nature reserve. In this way, the environmental protection organization wanted to protect the protected area from damage caused by fishing with bottom trawls. A few days ago, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), among others, issued a cease-and-desist order prohibiting the sinking of the stones in the coastal waters of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea with immediate effect. Photo: Bernd Wustneck/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Warnemunde: The Greenpeace ship "Esperanza" is moored in Warnemunde, where it was loaded with 20 large field stones, according to the water police. In July 2020, Greenpeace had sunk granite stones off the island of Rugen in the Baltic Sea in the Adlergrund nature reserve. In this way, the environmental protection organization wanted to protect the protected area from damage caused by fishing with bottom trawls. A few days ago, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), among others, issued a cease-and-desist order prohibiting the sinking of the stones in the coastal waters of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea with immediate effect. Photo: Bernd Wustneck/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Hamburg: Dirk Kienscherf, parliamentary group leader of the SPD, speaks at the meeting of the Hamburg Parliament in Hamburg City Hall. Topics include the new Corona Containment Ordinance, the 2021/2022 budget and digitization at schools. Photo: Ulrich Perrey/dpa

13 January 2021, Hamburg: The town hall in Hamburg is reflected in a puddle of rules. The Hanseatic city's parliament is meeting in the town hall. Topics include the new Corona Containment Ordinance, the 2021/2022 budget and digitization at schools. Photo: Ulrich Perrey/dpa

13 January 2021, Hamburg: The town hall in Hamburg is reflected in a puddle of rain. The Hanseatic city's parliament is meeting in the town hall. Topics include the new Corona Containment Ordinance, the 2021/2022 budget and digitization at schools. Photo: Ulrich Perrey/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Sangerhausen: Sindy Siegmund, geriatric nurse, tests a visitor at the entrance to the DRK nursing and care centre "Tor zur Altstadt". Everyone who enters the home is tested here for the coronavirus with a rapid test. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Hessen, Michelstadt: A hunter's raised hide stands in a patch of sunshine on a snow-covered field above Michelstadt in the Odenwald. Behind it, the village of Wurzberg can be seen. Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa

13 January 2021, Hessen, Michelstadt: A cross-country skier is walking in the sunshine on a snow-covered field above Michelstadt in the Odenwald, with a snowman on the right. Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Sangerhausen: Prepared syringes for the vaccinations against the coronavirus lie in a tray at the DRK nursing and care centre "Tor zur Altstadt". In the home, residents and staff are vaccinated, accompanied by a mobile vaccination team. For this purpose, the doctor and her assistants visit the patients in their rooms. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Sangerhausen: FFP2 masks are available at the entrance to the DRK nursing and care centre "Tor zur Altstadt". Everyone who enters the home is tested here for the coronavirus with a rapid test and fitted with a fresh mask. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Sangerhausen: Christine Ehrenpfordt, ear, nose and throat doctor, vaccinates a resident against the coronavirus at the DRK nursing and care centre "Tor zur Altstadt". In the home, accompanied by the mobile vaccination team, residents and employees are vaccinated. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Sangerhausen: Martina Neuhold, a doctor's assistant, leaves a resident's room at the DRK nursing and care centre "Tor zur Altstadt" after vaccinating him. In the home, residents and staff are vaccinated, accompanied by the mobile vaccination team. For this purpose, the doctor and her assistants visit the patients in their rooms. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Sangerhausen: Martina Neuhold, doctor's assistant, goes to the wards with the ready-prepared utensils for the vaccinations against the coronavirus at the DRK nursing and care centre "Tor zur Altstadt". Accompanied by the mobile vaccination team, residents and staff are vaccinated in the home. For this purpose, the doctor and her assistants visit the patients in their rooms. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, Lohmen: Covered with snow is the Bastei Rock in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the Saxon Switzerland National Park. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, Lohmen: Covered with snow is the Bastei Bridge in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the Saxon Switzerland National Park. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, Lohmen: Covered with snow is the Bastei Bridge in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the Saxon Switzerland National Park. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, Lohmen: Covered with snow is the Bastei Rock in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the Saxon Switzerland National Park. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony, Lohmen: Covered with snow is the Bastei Bridge in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the Saxon Switzerland National Park. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Saxony-Anhalt, Sangerhausen: Christine Ehrenpfordt (r), ear, nose and throat doctor, and Martina Neuhold, doctor's assistant, prepare syringes with the vaccine against Corona at the DRK nursing and care centre "Tor zur Altstadt". In the home, accompanied by the mobile vaccination team, residents and staff are vaccinated. For this purpose, the doctor and her assistants visit the patients in their rooms. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: Coffins of deceased persons who died with or from the Corona virus stand in a cooling chamber at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle". The crematorium in Celle has recorded an increase in cremations of Corona deceased since November 2020. (ATTENTION: Personal data on the deceased have been pixelated!) Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: Employee Niklas Grube pushes a coffin into a cooling chamber at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle", which contains coffins of deceased persons who died with or from the Corona virus. The crematorium in Celle has recorded an increase in cremations of Corona dead since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: At the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle", a coffin marked "C19" (for Covid-19) stands in a cooling chamber containing coffins of deceased persons who died with or from the Corona virus. The crematorium in Celle has recorded an increase in cremations of Corona dead since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: Employee Niklas Grube opens a cooling chamber in the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle", where four coffins of deceased persons are located, who died with or from the Corona virus. The crematorium in Celle has recorded an increase in cremations of Corona dead since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: At the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle", a coffin marked "C19" (for Covid-19) stands in a cooling chamber containing coffins of deceased persons who died with or from the Corona virus. The crematorium in Celle has recorded an increase in cremations of Corona dead since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: A coffin is pushed into an oven for cremation at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle". The crematorium in Celle has recorded an increase in cremations of Corona deceased since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: Benjamin Kuhn, cremation technician, pushes a coffin to a furnace for cremation at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle". The crematorium in Celle has seen an increase in cremations of Corona deceased since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: Benjamin Kuhn, cremation technician, pushes a coffin to a furnace for cremation at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle". The crematorium in Celle has seen an increase in cremations of Corona deceased since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: A coffin is pushed into an oven for cremation at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle". The crematorium in Celle has recorded an increase in cremations of Corona deceased since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: Coffins of deceased persons who died with or from the Corona virus stand in a cooling chamber at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle". The crematorium in Celle has recorded an increase in cremations of Corona deceased since November 2020. (ATTENTION: Personal data on the deceased have been pixelated!) Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Celle: A coffin is pushed into an oven for cremation at the crematorium "Die Feuerbestattungen Celle". The crematorium in Celle has seen an increase in cremations of Corona deceased since November 2020. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

13 January 2021, Brandenburg, Herzberg: A little snow lies on the market square of Herzberg, the county seat of the Elbe-Elster district. The Elbe-Elster district in the south of Brandenburg on the border with Saxony is currently a corona hotspot. Currently, the 7-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants is 477.3. 97 people have died. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

13 January 2021, Brandenburg, Herzberg: The M?nchstra?e of Herzberg, the county seat of the Elbe-Elster district. The district of Elbe-Elster in the south of Brandenburg on the border to Saxony is currently a corona hotspot. Currently, the 7-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants is 477.3. 97 persons have died. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

13 January 2021, Hamburg: During the session of the Hamburg Parliament in Hamburg City Hall, Health Senator Melanie Leonhard (SPD) speaks to the MPs. Topics include the new Corona Containment Ordinance, the 2021/2022 budget and digitization in schools. Photo: Ulrich Perrey/dpa

13 January 2021, Brandenburg, Herzberg: A closed shop in the Schliebener Stra?e of Herzberg, the county seat of the district Elbe-Elster. The district of Elbe-Elster in the south of Brandenburg at the border to Saxony is currently a corona hotspot. Currently, the 7-day incidence per 100,000 inhabitants is 477.3. 97 persons have died. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

13 January 2021, Hamburg: An employee disinfects the lectern during the session of the Hamburg Parliament in Hamburg City Hall. Topics include the new Corona Containment Ordinance, the 2021/2022 budget, and digitization at schools. Photo: Ulrich Perrey/dpa

13 January 2021, Bavaria, Munich: Markus S?der (CSU), party leader and Minister President of Bavaria, speaks at the press conference for the Bavarian state government's home office summit at the Prinz-Carl-Palais. The round table with representatives of trade unions and employers' associations was held as a video link. Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa

13 January 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Essen: Two federal police officers talk to a rail customer about the one-week ban on weapons in the station. From now on, it is forbidden to carry firearms, cutting and stabbing weapons and knives of all kinds. Photo: Roland Weihrauch/dpa

PHOTOMONTAGE: Corona in Bavaria: Soeder announces FFP2 mask requirement. Theme picture FFP2 mask in the coronavirus pandemic. For citizens and people over 60 years of age, 3 so-called FFP2 masks are made available free of charge by the state, material inventory packs with FFP2 protective masks and an opened mask. ? | usage worldwide

United States Representative James McGovern (Democrat of Massachusetts), Chairman, US House Committee on Rules, makes opening remarks during the US House Impeachment debate and vote in the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. This will be the second occasion where the US House has brought charges against US President Donald J. Trump. Credit: US House TV via CNP | usage worldwide

United States Representative Judy Chu (Democrat of California) makes remarks during the US House Impeachment debate and vote in the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. This will be the second occasion where the US House has brought charges against US President Donald J. Trump. Credit: US House TV via CNP | usage worldwide

United States Representative Tom Cole (Republican of Oklahoma), Ranking Member, US House Committee on Rules, makes opening remarks during the US House Impeachment debate and vote in the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. This will be the second occasion where the US House has brought charges against US President Donald J. Trump. Credit: US House TV via CNP | usage worldwide

13 January 2021, Lebanon, Tripoli: A pandemic-inspired graffiti mural of a nurse praying is seen outside the Tripoli Governmental Hospital. Lebanon will enforce a lockdown for 11 days as of 14 January 2021 with hospitals struggling to cope with a spike in new coronavirus cases. Photo: Marwan Naamani/dpa

13 January 2021, Lebanon, Tripoli: Medics move a stretcher transit isolator with a patient suffering from coronavirus-linked health complications before undergoing a chest radiograph at the intensive care unit of the Tripoli Governmental Hospital. Lebanon will enforce a lockdown for 11 days as of 14 January 2021 with hospitals struggling to cope with a spike in new coronavirus cases. Photo: Marwan Naamani/dpa

13 January 2021, Lebanon, Tripoli: Medics move a stretcher transit isolator with a patient suffering from coronavirus-linked health complications before undergoing a chest radiograph at the intensive care unit of the Tripoli Governmental Hospital. Lebanon will enforce a lockdown for 11 days as of 14 January 2021 with hospitals struggling to cope with a spike in new coronavirus cases. Photo: Marwan Naamani/dpa

13 January 2021, Lebanon, Tripoli: A medic monitors patient suffering from coronavirus-linked health complications through a screen at the intensive care unit of the Tripoli Governmental Hospital. Lebanon will enforce a lockdown for 11 days as of 14 January 2021 with hospitals struggling to cope with a spike in new coronavirus cases. Photo: Marwan Naamani/dpa

13 January 2021, Lebanon, Tripoli: Medics move a stretcher transit isolator with a patient suffering from coronavirus-linked health complications before transporting her to an available hospital bed at the intensive care unit of the Tripoli Governmental Hospital. Lebanon will enforce a lockdown for 11 days as of 14 January 2021 with hospitals struggling to cope with a spike in new coronavirus cases. Photo: Marwan Naamani/dpa