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The year 2020 is again characterized by the pandemic: "corona", "coronavirus", "corona germany", "corona numbers", "corona news" and "corona bayern" are the top search terms in the trends of the year - ahead of "us election", which in November is about Donald Trump's ultimately unsuccessful stay in office. The picture shows an assistant processing a sample for a rapid coronavirus test.