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Munich (dpa) - CSU boss Markus Söder has expressly praised Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier for the day of remembrance he announced for April for the victims of the Corona crisis.
“I think a day of remembrance for the victims of the pandemic is very good.
We will do the same for Bavaria, ”said the Bavarian Prime Minister on Friday evening in his speech at the CSU's digital New Year's reception in Munich.
Steinmeier had previously announced a central memorial service for April after Easter.
The top of the state, in addition to the Federal President also Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), then want to commemorate the deceased at an event in Berlin.
In Germany, more than 50,000 people have died in connection with the corona virus since the pandemic began around a year ago, according to the Robert Koch Institute.
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