• A German doctor was sentenced late Monday to two years and nine months in prison for illegally issuing more than 4,000 people with exemptions from wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic.
• A regional court in the southwestern town of Weinheim confirmed Tuesday that the doctor was convicted of “issuing incorrect health certificates” to people from across Germany, most of whom she had never met or examined. During the trial the defendant had argued that wearing masks was harmful to people’s health.
• In addition to the prison sentence she was handed a three-year work ban and ordered to pay $29,550, the sum she had received for issuing the medical certificates. Her office assistant was fined 2,700 euros.

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