german president frank valter steinmeier says germany should consider holding an official memorial ceremony for victims of covert 19 stonor said many relatives of people who died did not get to see their loved ones because of coronavirus precautions he added that he didn't know when or if any such ceremony would be conducted and said he needed to talk to other government bodies before any concrete plans could be laid. well germany wouldn't be the 1st country to officially honor its coronavirus victims if the president's idea goes ahead reporter joe has been looking into this joel welcome to the shed my 1st question for you is how have other nations paid tribute already to those who died during the pandemic or the pandemic is far from over but other places have already started to memorialize the victims china was one of the 1st to go with a national day of mourning that was held back in march then spain went even further they held 10 days of national mourning in july as well as a major ceremony in madrid headed by the king in italy there was a moment of silence back in march and more recentl

fight off the disease better german president frank valter steinmeier says germany should consider holding an official memorial ceremony for victims of covert 19 shonar said many relatives of people who died did not get to see their loved ones because of coronavirus precaution he added that he didn't know when or if any such ceremony would be conducted and said he needed to talk to other government bodies before any concrete plans could be laid. well germany wouldn't be the 1st country to officially honor its coronavirus victims if the president's idea goes ahead reporter joe has been looking into this jol welcome to the shed my 1st question for you is how have other nations paid tribute already to those who died during the pandemic well the pandemic is far from over but other places have already started to memorialize the victims china was one of the 1st to go with a national day of mourning that was held back in march then spain went even further they held 10 days of national mourning in july as well as a major ceremony in madrid headed by the king in italy there was a moment of silence