BERLIN, November 19, 2020, SPA -- The number of new COVID-19 infections in Germany is still much too high and is causing a serious pandemic situation, the head of the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases (RKI), Lothar Wieler, said on Thursday, according to Reuters. The head of RKI's surveillance unit, Ute Rexroth, added there are indications that Germany's new distancing measures are working after the number of new infections has stabilised. --SPA 12:39 LOCAL TIME 09:39 GMT 0004 www.spa.gov.sa/w1453139