BERLIN — German leaders urge citizens to stay home, as the government announces unprecedented nationwide measures to radically scale back public life in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Chancellor Angela Merkel calls on Germans to cancel any holidays at home and abroad, while President Frank-Walter Steinmeier tells people to “stay at home.”
The government bans gatherings in churches, mosques, and synagogues, and orders non-essential shops, as well as playgrounds, shut.
At a press conference in Berlin, Merkel says that under the new measures, “There shouldn’t be any holiday trips undertaken inside the country or outside it.”
“There have never been measures like this in our country before. They are far-reaching, but at the moment they are necessary.”
— AFP
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