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Germany extends lockdown to stop mutant corona
By EUobserver
Germany has extended its lockdown from 14 February to at least 7 March to stave off a third wave of corona and the risk that "mutated viruses could gain the upper hand". "There could be a third wave [of infections] ... and we can only fight that if we can really get the incidence numbers down," German chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday. Schools might reopen on 1 March, however.