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Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) has once again urged caution in dealing with the corona pandemic.

"At the moment openings are only possible to absorb severe damage," he said on Tuesday in Düsseldorf.

That is why ten countries decided to open their primary schools.

However, it is still not foreseeable what effect the virus variants will have.

In any case, the expected decline in the new corona infection rate to 50 or 35 per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days did not occur.

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