Fuerst (left) is the resident of a senior home in southern Germany where 25 people died last year. Director Miriam Preuss (right) has not banned visitors outright. — dpa
The path leading to St Nikolaus retirement home comes to an abrupt stop at a pair of glass doors, firmly shut against the raging second wave of coronavirus infections outside.
The first wave hit the home on the outskirts of the southern German city of Wuerzburg with full force. Back then, neither compulsory mask-wearing or social distancing were familiar concepts in Germany.
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