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Merkel Tightens German Lockdown in Push to Contain Outbreak
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January 5, 2021
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0:53Now PlayingChancellor Angela Merkel extended Germany’s lockdown and tightened restrictions as pressure mounts on her government to contain the coronavirus spread and speed up vaccinations.
With hundreds dying each day, political tensions have been high and threaten to escalate further amid a rising tide of criticism over the government’s strategy to distribute a Covid-19 shot.
At an ill-tempered meeting on Tuesday, Merkel and state leaders agreed to controversial limits on movement, sharpened restrictions on private gatherings and prolonged hard lockdown measures until at least Jan. 31. Authorities will meet on Jan. 25 to discuss next steps.
“We urge all citizens to restrict contact to the bare minimum,” Merkel said after a virtual meeting with the heads of Germany’s 16 states. “We must get to a point where we can trace virus infections again.”
While officials disagreed over how to slow the spread, there was broad consensus that action was needed. Despite hard shutdown restrictions for weeks, contagion rates are still more than double the level the government has determined to be manageable.
Germany registered a further 957 fatalities on Tuesday, taking the total above 35,000. The number of infections has doubled since the end of November to almost 1.8 million.
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