Health risk level of coronavirus in Germany raised to "high"

A man waits outside a pharmacy that limits customer numbers amid coronavirus concerns in Frankfurt, Germany, March 17, 2020. The overall risk to the health of the population in Germany was raised from "moderate" to "high", the German federal disease control agency Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Tuesday. The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany has climbed to over 6,000 on Monday. The German government has introduced a package of strict measures to reduce social contacts. (Xinhua/Lu Yang)