BERLIN: Germany's health care system could face a double burden from influenza and Covid-19 during fall and winter, Robert Koch Institute (RKI) President Lothar Wieler said during a press conference on Wednesday.

Although it is generally impossible to predict how severe a flu epidemic would turn out, Wieler is expecting that the number of Covid-19 cases in Germany would increase in fall and winter.

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