Prognosis
Germany Seeks to Dodge Full Lockdown With ‘Reasonable Measures’
- Closing businesses, schools is avoidable, finance chief says
- Officials to hold talks on Friday with cases climbing again
Christian Lindner at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 8, 2021.
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Germany can avoid a sweeping lockdown even if the omicron strain of Covid-19 fuels a “drastic increase” in infections in coming weeks, according to Finance Minister Christian Lindner.
Speaking ahead of Friday’s talks over the next steps in the government’s pandemic strategy, Lindner said that Germany can tackle the virus and prevent overloading the health system with “reasonable” measures that avoid closing businesses and schools.