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Germany's Social Democrats unveil ministers for new govt

Olaf Scholz, Germany's next chancellor, has presented the Social Democrats' ministers for the new government. It came as no surprise that Karl Lauterbach, an epidemiologist and outspoken pandemic expert, will take over the country's Health Ministry.

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