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Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) expects great hardship due to the corona pandemic until at least April.
“It will be tough until Easter,” said Merkel, according to AFP information on Tuesday, in front of members of the “Inside and Home” working group of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group in Berlin.
Easter falls on the first weekend in April this year.
According to WELT information, Merkel also said that the continuation of the restrictions would depend on the further development of the infection.
She did not make a specific statement about an extension or the total duration of the hard lockdown.
Merkel warned of the risk of the coronavirus mutations spreading in Germany.
"Germany faces eight to ten very tough weeks," said Merkel, according to information from the Reuters agency.
Developments in Ireland have shown how quickly the virus can spread.
There was a tenfold increase in the number of infections there within a short time.
CDU / CSU parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus advocates a tougher lockdown should the British virus mutations spread in Germany.
Then the measures should be “sharpened” again, he said before the group meeting.
But it is now important that the federal states implement the decisions that have already been made.
Schools would have to remain closed and residents in nursing and old people's homes had to be consistently protected.
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