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Germany’s leaders reach consensus on longer, stricter lockdown

Ivan Fischer by Ivan Fischer
20 January 2021
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Germany’s leaders reach consensus on longer, stricter lockdown

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Brussels (Brussels Morning) Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel reached a compromise agreement late Tuesday with 16 premiers of Germany’s federal states to extend the current lockdown until at least 14 February, dpa reported.

“All our efforts to contain the spread of the virus face a serious threat,” Merkel told reporters after the meeting, citing the fast-spreading mutated version of the coronavirus which first appeared in the UK. 

Fear of the British strain

Even though the number of new cases in Germany has stabilised over the past few days, the German leaders showed their concern about the British strain of the virus, fearing it would be easy for infections to spiral out of control should a new mutation arise or the British strain start spreading throughout Germany.

“We are currently seeing in Britain what happens when a mutation occurs, when the numbers explode,” the Premier of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, said. Until recently, the eastern German state had the highest infection rates in the country.

More effective masks mandatory

In addition to schools, restaurants and most stores being required to remain closed until 14 February, Merkel and leaders of 16 states also agreed that citizens must use more effective face protection – either surgical FFP2 or KN95 masks – when using public transport or on stores.

On Monday, Health Minister Jens Spahn announced that more than 34 million vulnerable citizens would be sent vouchers to collect the expensive FFP2 masks at pharmacies around the country. Bavaria’s Premier, Markus Söder, had already introduced mandatory use of FFP2 masks even before Tuesday’s meeting, a decision welcomed by the majority of Bavarians.

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Ivan Fischer

Ivan is a Zagreb-based journalist with extensive experience in covering European and global politics, economy and emerging technology challenges. He is a foreign policy reporter for the leading Croatian daily Jutarnji list, as well as an alumnus of several journalism training programmes organised by Thomson Reuters Foundation and Robert Bosch Stiftung.

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