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Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier warns of excessive relaxation and, if necessary, holds out the prospect of regional relief.
"We must not outbid ourselves publicly with easing schedules," said the CDU politician of "Bild am Sonntag".
“The number of new infections is currently hardly lower than at the end of October when the lockdown began.
It has only been falling sharply for a good two weeks, and the death rate is still very high. ”He sees great concern that the mutations in the virus have now been detected in almost all of Germany.
He welcomed the concepts from the countries for regional solutions.
"We should be more differentiated," said the minister.
"Removing the lockdown in super hotspots, which unfortunately still exists in many places in Germany, for example on the border with the Czech Republic, makes no sense." things are different and better, said Altmaier.
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Ultimately, he hopes "that by the beginning of spring at the latest, by Easter at the latest, when the sun is shining and you can sit and dine outside, we have finally broken the pandemic wave and openings are possible."
The federal and state governments want to discuss the further corona strategy on Wednesday.
The current lockdown to contain the corona pandemic is limited to February 14th.
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