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Düsseldorf (AP) - NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) has sworn people to a hard time and days of privation.
The reports from the intensive care units in Germany are dramatic, said Laschet on Sunday in Düsseldorf.
The number of Covid patients in intensive care units in NRW has quadrupled since October.
Since Saturday, their number has risen to over 1,000.
Only 15 percent of the intensive capacities are still available - "with a downward trend".
"We now need a pre-quarantine before Christmas and clear measures afterwards," said Laschet.
Hamster purchases and overcrowded inner cities should be avoided.
"The lockdown has to come as soon as possible," said Laschet.
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In view of the spreading corona pandemic, public life in Germany will be drastically shut down from next Wednesday (December 16). The retail trade with the exception of shops for daily needs has to close. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the Prime Ministers agreed on this on Sunday.