Germany is showing 'very concerning' signs of a second coronavirus wave, the country's doctors' union has warned

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• Germany is starting to experience a second coronavirus wave, the head of its doctors' union warned.
• "We are already in a second, shallow upswing ... There is a danger that we will lose the successes that we have achieved in Germany so far," said Susanne Johna, president of the Marburger Bund.
• Germany recorded 879 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to the country's epidemiology institute.
• The current daily numbers are much smaller than what Germany recorded at the height of the pandemic.
• However, The Robert Koch Institute said the upwards trend was "very concerning."
• Scientists in Germany fear citizens are losing interest in following social distancing rules.
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Germany is already showing signs of a second wave of the coronavirus, which threatens to undo the country's early work in containing the impact of the pandemic, the head of the country's doctors' union has warned. 

"We are already in a second, shallow upswing," Susanne Johna, president of the Marburger Bund, the trade union for doctors and medical students in Germany, told the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper, in comments reported by Die Welle. 

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