Berlin, May 4 (RHC)-- Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for cooperation in the fight against COVID-19 and to work together to develop tests, medications, and a vaccine “for all people.”  She also called on the European Union to seek financing to combat the pandemic.

"The German presidency of the ​​​​​​​EU Council will take a different course than we had planned. It will be clearly dominated by the issue of combating the pandemic and its consequences," said Merkel, as reported by Politico. 

Merkel also noted that her country will cooperate with the World Health Organization (WHO), an institution that has a "key role" in this challenge.  "This pandemic will only be overcome by acting internationally and multilaterally," she added.​​​​​​​

As of Saturday morning, Germany had reported 161,940 COVID-19 cases and at least 6,736 deaths. So far, 212 countries reported 3,445,246 confirmed cases and a death toll of 242,583.