In her first comments on the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel says all of Germany’s 83 million people must act together in solidarity to protect vulnerable people within the population.
The ban is a preventative measure to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. Several schools and daycares are closed and all university lectures are now postponed.
Food banks also say they are suffering shortages due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The closure came on the same day that officials confirmed multiple cases in the last German state that had been free of the virus.
Germany is one of several EU member states that has agreed to be part of a so-called “Coalition of the Willing” to take in refugee children stuck at the border between Greece and Turkey. In other news, Germany’s governing coalition wants to keep companies afloat that suffer financially because of the coronavirus outbreak.
As Berlin expands coronavirus screening locations, two people infected with the coronavirus die in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Despite laws to close the gender pay gap, Germany’s gap remains one of the largest among all EU countries. As Berlin celebrates the second official International Women’s Day, Studio Berlin takes a look at how far Germany has come and speaks with Berlin women who are working for greater gender equality.
The Berlin Tenants’ Association says more reversals are expected but warns there is still a risk that lawsuits against the rent cap will end up making it unconstitutional.
The latest global death rate for the coronavirus is 3.4%, according to the World Health Organization. That estimate is expected to drop in the future.
Hanau mayor Claus Kaminsky said there will be a memorial erected in the city’s main cemetery so the suffering of the victims and their relatives will not be forgotten.
