How Germany Plans to Start Opening Up, Starting Next Week

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced plans Wednesday to slowly ease social-distancing rules put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Photo: Adam Berry/Getty Images . Changes will begin on Monday.

And they seem to be working. Despite having the third-most cases in Europe, Germany has seen relatively few COVID-19 deaths. The 3,867 confirmed deaths are well behind those in Spain, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom, despite Germany’s larger population. Some of that success has been attributed to citizens’ dutifully following social-distancing rules along with a robust testing program and a public health-care system that was up to the challenge of a global pandemic.

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