Merkel Urges Germans to Stick to ‘Wave Breaker’ Virus Curbs
- ‘Light at the end of the tunnel is far away,’ chancellor says
- Germany imposed partial shutdown to slow rapid Covid-19 spread
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the coronavirus pandemic a once-in-a-century challenge, urging people to abide by hygiene and distancing rules so that health-care services don’t collapse.
“This is a very big test of our resolve, one that we haven’t had since World War II,” Merkel said Monday after a meeting of Germany’s virus task force.