The lockdown begins next Monday and will see restaurants, bars and clubs closed in order to “avoid a national health emergency,” Merkel said Wednesday.
She added that in the last 10 days, the number of intensive care admissions in Germany have doubled. “I want to say what makes the situation particularly serious… the rate of dissemination is particularly high,” she said.
From November 2, people residing in the country are advised to stay home, avoid travel and “keep their contacts to an absolute minimum,” Merkel said. Social contacts will be limited to two households in public. Schools…
