How Germany’s Approach to COVID-19 Sets the Country Apart

<p>Earlier this week, Germany became one of the first countries to start easing COVID-19 restrictions. That’s because its initial response to the pandemic helped keep the death rate low. Germany:</p> <ul> <li>Caught the coronavirus early</li> <li>Does lots of testing</li> <li>Has a robust health care system.</li> </ul> <p>As the pressure mounts to reopen economies across the globe, other countries may have something to learn. On this episode of <em>The Dose</em>, Michael Laxy, a health economics researcher at the Helmholtz Center in Munich, talks about the German approach.</p>