Chancellor suggests lockdown likely to be extended, with rules eased over Christmas
Germany’s “lockdown lite” is likely to go on into the new year, as Angela Merkel, said the country would have to live with restrictions “for the foreseeable future”, and her chief of staff said some restrictions would stay in place into March.
The German chancellor and the heads of the country’s 16 federal states thrashed out an agreement on Wednesday to extend and tighten measures against coronavirus, with rules eased over the Christmas holidays to let people celebrate together.
