German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a partial lifting of quarantine measures next week. She stated this at a meeting with the heads of all Federal lands in Berlin, writes Bloomberg.
In particular, the weakening of the restrictive measures will affect shops with area of not more than 800 square meters, Bicycle shop and a book — they earn since April 20. The head of the German government announced the opening of the schools and salons may 4.
According to Merkel, the government was able to make some progress in the fight against the coronavirus, but the achievements are not as significant to lose vigilance, she said.
The return to normal life is possible no earlier than a few weeks or months, predicted the Chancellor. The restaurants, gyms and bars will remain closed indefinitely, and major events such as football matches, concerts and festivals will not be permitted until the end of August.
Quarantine measures were introduced in Germany in mid-March. In Berlin believe that through this managed to avoid a negative scenario of development of the pandemic.
April 12, the number recovered after infection with coronavirus in Germany for the first time since the beginning of the epidemic exceeded the number of infected.
According to the Johns Hopkins University on April 15, in the world more than 2,016 million are infected with coronavirus, of which 130 thousand died, more than 504 thousand cured. Germany is among five countries most affected by the pandemic in the country identified 133 thousand cases of infection. The level of mortality from COVID-19 does not exceed 2 percent.
