According to her, the situation with COVID-19 is developing very hard, there is an exponential increase in the number of cases of the disease.
“Therefore, it is good that we have agreed on an 'emergency braking' mechanism.
Unfortunately, we will have to use it, "RIA Novosti quotes Merkel.
She noted that she would prefer this mechanism not to be applied.
“But this will not be possible when you see the development of events in recent days,” the chancellor said.
Earlier, Merkel did not rule out the purchase of the Russian vaccine against the Sputnik V coronavirus in Germany, if a common decision on this issue in the European Union is not reached.