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By Arne Delfs

February 10, 2021 at 6:49 PM UTC

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February 11, 2021 at 7:04 AM UTC

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Germany mapped out a path to reviving Europe’s largest economy, with children returning to school as soon as this month and shops allowed to resume sales from March if the country’s contagion rate continues to fall.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to defend the plan, which includes an extension of most lockdown measures until March 7, in a speech to parliament on Thursday morning.