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Stuttgart (dpa) - Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) has defended the upcoming tightening of measures in the fight against the pandemic.
"We are moving on very thin ice," he said on Tuesday evening after the federal and state consultations.
Dangerous mutants of the coronavirus spread rapidly in Europe.
Waiting would be irresponsible.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the Prime Ministers of the federal states have decided, among other things, to extend the lockdown, which is limited to the end of January, to contain the corona pandemic until mid-February. "I would have liked to be able to give you better messages," said Kretschmann. He is aware that many are exhausted and annoyed by the pandemic and the restrictions. But the measures are necessary to arm against the spread of the virus variants.