Covid-19: Germany to postpone easing restrictions until later
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on March 19, 2021 © AP - Michael Sohn
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Germany had planned a precise plan with intermediate steps to gradually ease the restrictions linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.
But the third wave and the development of the more infectious British variant got the better of the opening prospects presented earlier this month.
A new meeting on Monday, March 22 between Chancellor Merkel and the regions should lead to a further tightening of anti-Covid measures until April.
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With our correspondent in Berlin,
Pascal Thibaut
The modest relaxations decided at the beginning of the month, in particular the making of appointments to go to a store or visits to museums, could be called into question.
Other measures provided for in a medium-term plan such as the reopening of café terraces have a good chance of being postponed until Greek calendars.
The approaching Easter holiday has a good chance that Germans will not see a little more eagerly awaited freedom.
A new turn of the screw is foreseeable during the meeting this Monday between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the regions.
Infections are more numerous
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the viral incidence rate of 100 beyond which relaxations must be questioned was exceeded this Sunday.
The restrictions will be extended until April.
In a working paper that circulated in the press, the exact date was replaced by a double XX.
The negotiations on Monday should make it possible to reach an agreement on this subject.
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