‘Mutants are a reality’: Germany extends lockdown until March 7 as Merkel urges caution over Covid-19 variants

Lockdown restrictions

Lockdown restrictions in Germany will be extended until March 7, Chancellor Angela Merkel and the country’s 16 state governors agreed on Wednesday, in an attempt to stop Covid-19 variants undermining falling infection rates.

Exceptions to the lockdown, which has been in place since December, mean that hairdressers are able to reopen from March 1 and federal states can decide on their own timetables for the reopening of schools. 

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