German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced further moves Wednesday to ease lockdown restrictions, shifting more responsibility to the country's 16 federal states
Wednesday to ease lockdown restrictions, shifting more responsibility to the country's 16 federal states.
"We have the very first phase of the pandemic behind us, but ... we have a long struggle with the virus ahead of us," Merkel said after a conference call with the 16 state leaders. Under the latest plan, Germany's federal states will take on more responsibility for deciding on further relaxation of restrictions — for example on reopening bars, clubs, gyms, amusement parks and brothels — but must also react immediately if infection rates increase.
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