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The Government of the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, plans to assume part of the powers of the federal states in the fight against the coronavirus, in what would be the first bite that the authorities of Berlin give to the federal system that governs in this country.

According to the 'Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung', the Executive believes that the gravity of the situation requires centralizing decisions , which is only possible by cutting some powers to the "Länder".

That is the reason behind the change to the Infection Protection Law that will be discussed on Monday in the Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, who would, if the measure succeeds, lead the Fight the pandemic at the federal level, which is not the case now.

Spahn, who as the chancellor herself has only been able to limit herself to giving recommendations, could with this change in the norm decree the confinement of the population in all corners of the country, restrict transportation, identify and monitor via mobile phone all infected people , organize the storage and distribution of medicines and health protection material, recruit medical personnel and assign destinations according to needs.

After approval by the Cabinet next Monday, the law will be put to a vote in the Bundestag that same week. The last word, however, will be in the Bundesrat, the chamber where the 16 federal states are represented.

Germany has crossed the 20,000 contagion barrier for the first time this Saturday . According to the latest data from John Hopkins University and the Robert Koch Institute, which is responsible for monitoring the pandemic in Germany, to date there are 21,483 infected and 73 dead.

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