Birth rate soars in Germany

BERLIN, 16 June. - (ANA) - Germany’s birth rate has risen to its highest level since 1998, despite predictions of a Covid-induced “baby bust”.

Nine months after Europe’s first round of lockdowns was lifted the country joined half a dozen other European states in recording an increase in births.

The Times says that demographers had forecast a slump across the developed world as prospective parents struggled with “instability, money troubles and relationship strain”.  - (ANA) -

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