"No country that was able to turn the third wave of the pandemic, and then loosen restrictions again, would not have done so without harsh measures such as a night curfew," the Associated Press Chancellor said.
As the agency clarifies, on the night of April 24, Germany entered new national restrictions due to the pandemic, which provide for an automatic night curfew, further restriction of personal contacts and access to non-food stores in regions where more than 100 new cases of coronavirus are recorded per 100 per week. thousand people.
Merkel called these measures "extremely necessary" in the current situation.
Earlier, she called the third wave of the pandemic in Germany the most severe.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Germany has exceeded 3 million.