Germany’s Merkel: Lockdown will not be maintained a day longer than necessary

  
  Analysis

Remarks by German chancellor, Angela Merkel

Merkel
  • The goal is to lift restrictions only when justified
  • We have achieved goal of reversing virus infection trend
  • We have stopped health system from being overburdened
  • But we have to prepare for new variants to become dominant
  • Only a matter of time before variants/mutations gain upper hand
  • That could destroy all the progress we’ve made
In case you missed it, Germany has announced that they will extend lockdown until 7 March. While that seems to be where they will start easing restrictions, Merkel has been warning about virus variants/mutations so that will be something to take note of in case it becomes more widespread and threaten another potential lockdown in Q2/Q3.
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