“The measures taken on October 28 continue to operate.

Until December 20.

But we agree that due to the high number of infections, they will need to be preserved until early January, "Merkel quotes TASS.

The Chancellor clarified that during the Christmas holidays it is planned to "make concessions".

Earlier in Germany, the number of detected cases of coronavirus exceeded 900 thousand.

On November 22, Berlin hosted the second protest in a week against quarantine measures.