Germany Extends Partial Lockdown Until Jan. 10 to Curb Virus

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Source: Bloomberg

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany will extend its partial lockdown by three more weeks as the country struggles to regain control of the coronavirus spread.

Bars, gyms and cinemas will remain closed until Jan. 10 and the government will reconvene with regional leaders on Jan. 4 to reassess the restrictions, Merkel said on Wednesday after talks with the premiers of Germany’s 16 states.

Germany’s infection rates are still far too high and need to come down faster, Merkel said in Berlin. “We have to bemoan a very high number of deaths every day, which shows the amount of responsibility that we have,” she said.

Merkel’s administration last week already extended a partial shutdown until Dec. 20 while keeping schools and much of the economy open. This so-called “lockdown light” has yielded little progress in slowing the spread to levels the government has determined as manageable.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-02/germany-extends-partial-lockdown-until-jan-10-to-fight-virus

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1. Meanwhile in the United States... nt