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Berlin (dpa) - At her first switching conference of the new year, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the heads of government of the federal states are discussing an extension of the lockdown to contain the corona pandemic today (11 a.m.)
In the past few days it has already been indicated that public life will not be restarted for the time being due to the high number of infections.
The majority of the Prime Ministers and the federal government are in favor of extending the corona measures by three weeks until the end of January.
Many shops in Germany, as well as schools and daycare centers, have been closed since December 16.
There are also strict restrictions, for example for private meetings.
Restaurants, cultural and leisure facilities had to close several weeks beforehand.
The aim of the measures is to avoid contact between people and thus avoid infection with the coronavirus.
The federal and state governments had decided on the hard lockdown in mid-December, initially until January 10th.
Even then, there were voices that considered an extension with a view to the corona situation to be likely.
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According to the will of the ministers of education, schools should be allowed to open gradually if the situation in the respective country allows.
They decided on Monday.
However, the final decision on further political measures in the Corona crisis will only be made when Merkel and the Prime Ministers come into contact with the Prime Minister.