(ANSA) - BERLIN, 22 JAN - A solemn commemoration for the Covid victims after Easter, and a candle lit in the window, starting today and every evening, until that day, I teach mourning. The President of the German Republic, FrankWalter Steinmeier, asked his fellow citizens to show the participation in the pain of the families of the victims of the epidemic.
"Let's put a candle in the window. A light as a sign of grief. As a sign of participation and compassion", said the president on the day when the daily death toll exceeded the 50,000 mark. Steinmeier also asked to immortalize the candle with an image from the hashtag "#lichtfenster", and to post it on social networks. (ANSA)