Germany to enter laborious Easter lockdown as Covid-19 infections soar

Germany to go into hard Easter lockdown as Covid-19 infections soar

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Almost all shops will be closed over the Easter period from April 1 to 5, and no more than five people over the age of 14 from two households can gather. Grocery stores would be allowed to open for one day only, on Saturday, April 3.

The country’s general lockdown measures will also be extended until April 18, Merkel said. Germans have been living under various levels of restrictions since mid-December.

The country’s public health authority on Tuesday reported 7,485 new infections and 250 deaths over a 24-hour period. The daily infection number is 2,000 cases higher than it was a week ago. More than 108 people in every 100,000 are now getting infected every week.

“We know that the current emergency measures will not be sufficient to stop the exponential growth,” Merkel said in the early hours of the morning after marathon negotiations with state leaders overnight in Berlin.

“That’s why the 1st of April, Maundy Thursday, and the 3rd of April will be declared rest days this year with…

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