Here is a roundup of the top headlines from and about Germany on the weekend of September 19-20, 2026: Tired of missing our real-time updates? Click here to add DW as a Preferred Source on Google. Munich's annual Oktoberfest officially got underway on Saturday when the first beer keg was opened with the traditional cry of O'zapft is! ("It has been tapped!"). But another slogan is also being promoted in Bavaria this year: O'piekst is! ("It has been pricked!") — as doctors offer vaccine jabs against flu and Covid-19. "With so many people coming together in such tight spaces in the beer tents, the risk of infection at Oktoberfest is higher," explained Christoph Spinner, head of infectiology at Munich 's Rechts der Isar hospital.
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