The leaders of France and Germany are urging countries to be vigilant as they relax pandemic restrictions to prevent spread of the ‘aggressive’ delta variant
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron give a joint statement to journalists, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on June 18, 2021.The leaders of Germany and France called for vigilance Friday to prevent the spread of a coronavirus variant that this week prompted Britain to delay the planned relaxation of pandemic restrictions in England.
“We can’t pretend that corona is over,” Merkel told reporters in Berlin. “Even though there’s a feeling on such a warm summer’s evening that it’s all over, one can see from the example of Lisbon that things can quickly change.”Portuguese authorities on Thursday banned travel in or out of the capital region over coming weekends in response to a spike in delta variant cases.
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