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Germany's Merkel scraps Easter lockdown plan after backlash
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 24 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel has unexpectedly halted a plan for a very strict lockdown over the Easter holidays that would have started Thursday next week, saying she was mistaken regarding the issue.
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Germany extends COVID-19 restrictions till April 18, Easter to be held onl
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 23 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday (local time) extended COVID-19 restrictions till April 18, including strict Easter lockdown that will be held online.
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Germany to start easing COVID-related restrictions from March 8: Merkel
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The German authorities have agreed to begin easing coronavirus-related restrictions from March 8 in regions with low incidence of the disease, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters after COVID-19 consultations with heads of regions.
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Merkel warns of COVID-19 third wave if Germany does not open cautiously
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 25 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned of a third wave of COVID-19 cases if the country fumbles at its reopening from lockdown.
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Merkel video showing her rushing to retrieve forgotten face mask trends on
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 20 (ANI): In a viral video, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen jumping out of her seat in alarm as she realises that she has forgotten her mask on the Speaker's desk from where she delivered an address in the country's parliament, the Bundestag, Berlin earlie
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German Chancellor says US, Europe needs to develop joint strategy on China
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 20 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for the United States and Europe to find a joint strategy to deal with China and Russia and also stressed the need for dialogue with these two countries.
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Angela Merkel defends lockdown extension, says 'Mutations may destroy any
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 12 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended the extension of the nationwide lockdown until March 7 in Bundestag and called on Germans to be "extremely cautious" and warned of the "dangers" of COVID-19 variants, reported DW News Agency.
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Germany didn't act fast enough amid signs of second COVID-19 wave: Merkel
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 11 (ANI/Xinhua): In an address to the German Bundestag (parliament) on Thursday, Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that her government was "too hesitant" in its handling of the second COVID-19 wave.
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Lockdown in Germany will last "not one day longer" than necessary: Merkel
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 11 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended her strategy to tackle the coronavirus in the country after Wednesday's announcement that the country's lockdown will be extended until March 7.
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Number of new COVID-19 cases in Germany decreased, too early to end lockdo
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of new COVID-19 cases in Germany has significantly sunk but that is not enough for the long-term termination of the lockdown, Chancellor Angela Merkel told the RTL and N-TV broadcasters.
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Merkel calls for standing against antisemitism with utmost determination
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 28 (ANI): On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday (local time) asserted that antisemitism must be thwarted, "be it open or veiled, and against denial or diminishing of the Holocaust".
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Germany to extend COVID-related restrictions until Feb 14: Merkel
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany will extend and strengthen the coronavirus-related restrictive measures until February 14, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
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