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

Lockdown will not be maintained a day longer than necessary, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.

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“The goal is to lift restrictions only when justified.”

“We have achieved the goal of reversing virus infection trend.”

“We have stopped the 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.”