Supported by crutches, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made her first public appearance after it was announced that she had fractured her pelvis in a skiing accident in the Swiss Alps.
Merkel met with about 100 child carol singers in her Berlin office, joining them in a song to mark epiphany, which celebrates the three wise men's visit to baby Jesus.
"I'm not so good at standing and have to lie down a lot," Merkel said welcoming the children to the chancellery on Tuesday.
Merkel has been forced to cancel almost all of her other appointments for three weeks after she suffered a fractured pelvis during her Christmas holiday while cross-country skiing in the Engadin valley.
This includes a planned visit to Poland and a meeting with the new Luxembourg prime minister, Xavier Bettel.
On Wednesday, she will preside over the first cabinet meeting this year.
Merkel, 59, was initially thought to have been badly bruised. Her doctors diagnosed the full extent of her injury when she returned to Berlin.
Merkel, who was sworn in for a third term as chancellor December 17, plans to carry out most of her work from home, her spokesman said.
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