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The Covid crisis and the German response has revealed a lot about the country. From a stubborn stance on cash to an undisputed obsession with Mallorca, here's what we've learned, writes Rachel Loxton.
German airline Lufthansa said Friday it
was taking "extraordinary measures" to meet surging bookings for the Spanish
holiday island of Mallorca, deploying a jumbo jet to ferry passengers from
Frankfurt.
Germany is in the grip of a third Covid wave, with intensive care beds filling up. As politicians and medical experts talk of a “lockdown”, many people are confused. Aren’t we already in a lockdown? No, and this is part of the confusion, writes Rachel Loxton.