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Berlin, Mar 2 (EFE/EPA).-The German Chancellor is set to meet Wednesday the heads of the German regional states at the chancellery to discuss further lockdown measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Germany has so far recorded over 2.4 million confirmed cases and 71,325 deaths of the COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. (Camera: FILIP SINGER). B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF BERLIN, GERMANY.
European Central Bank governors did not "discuss rate cuts at all" at their meeting on Thursday, president Christine Lagarde says, as the institution freezes borrowing costs again. "We did not discuss rate cuts at all. No discussion or debate on this issue." Lagarde tells a press conference, as the central bank seeks to douse growing market hopes of early drops in interest rates next year. SOUNDBITE
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda to the Chancellery in Berlin to discuss the war in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Berlin for four-way talks with counterparts from France and Germany as well as Britain's junior foreign minister to set up a common strategy against Moscow, a day before his crunch talks with Russia's Sergei Lavrov. IMAGES
Berlin, Mar 23 (EFE).- Germany will tighten its lockdown measures for a five-day period over the Easter holidays in a bid to stem a third wave of Covid-19.Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of the country's 16 federal states made this decision early Tuesday following 11 hours of talks to assess the country's current pandemic situation.Political leaders agreed that all stores apart from grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations would close during the holiday weekend between April 1 through 5.Public gatherings will be banned during that time, too.Merkel said the number of Covid-19 cases was rising exponentially, adding the situation in Germany was serious.Leaders also agreed to extend the country’s coronavirus lockdown until April 18, with private gatherings limited to one person from another household."It is absolutely essential that we are hitting the emergency brake," said Merkel, justifying the strict measures in view of the growing number of infections.The chancellor underlined that it is important to ease the pressure on intensive care units as well as control the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants.Lockdown measures have left almost all shops in Germany shut since December 16, while restaurants and bars have been closed since early November.Earlier this month, the country allowed hairdressers, florists and hardware stores to reopen for business in some areas. VIDEO: ARCHIVE
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