stephanie first. we obviously heard angela merkel say at one point she didn t want brits coming to the uk, she wanted them all to go to quarantine, then that didn t work, and is not happening now in germany either. what is at the situation in germany in terms of the domestic side? how are the restrictions being eased? because there has been a fair bit of resistance and protests? and how are they looking now in the run up to this forthcoming general election? well, as you say, i mean, there are still some restrictions in place, but they are very few because the cases have gone down dramatically. i mean, they were very, very low for quite a long time, but now, because of the delta mutation, it is also now dominant in germany, the cases are rising as well. so when merkel actually said she did not want any brits to come to the continent, first of all, there were many countries who resisted that because of the tourism. portugal and spain, for example. but then also the german chancellor als
compromised immune symptoms. it is because of the type elapsed from the first two doses, that would support the idea of getting a third dose or whether it because the new delta mutation is so new that it requires a new vaccine. but right now there are new restrictions in place. the masks are back on indoors. the prime minister want to flood the country, he said, with easy home testing kits. and a few thing here is that thelma be to criminally indict people who are under quarantine rules but break the rules. one of the ways they re hook at doing it. sending somebody a text message, asking them to click on a link allowing the police to track their gps to know where they are. if they don t respond, the police could come visit them.
so if you look at the netherlands and, of course, the reason for this is the delta mutation, because the delta mutation is far more infectious than the variant we had before. so, in the netherlands, there s a 500% rise in infections and there were a lot of mass gatherings, so there were some music festivals allowed again. and, of course, you can understand, we are all fed up with it, we understand, some want to go outside. but there were one or two big musicalfestivals and 500 new infections. i was covering the euros in wembley in the last weeks and thinking of 65,000 people in wembley and far more people around, people celebrating all over the country. we do not know yet how many infections that will have caused, but this is one thing. and then on monday, opening the floodgates, so to say. i think people are looking to quite a bleak infection scenario in the next weeks in the uk. michael, the british are fortunate in they have not only been able to afford and source quite sufficient
in place, but they are very few because the cases have gone down dramatically. they were very, very low for quite a long time, but because of the delta mutation, it is also now dominant in germany, the cases are rising as well. so, when merkel said she did not want any brits to come to the continent, first of all there were many countries that resisted that because of the tourism. portugal and spain, for example. but any german chancellor also had to understand it did not make much sense because the delta variant was already prevalent in germany, so there wasn t much reason for brits to not come into the country. of course, there is a very delicate situation because at the end of september there is a federal election and the government will be in the same situation like the british government which way do you choose now? and it s a real dilemma, and compared with the uk, i think germans were far more feisty, in a way. there were a lot of protests and they did not follow the rules and
in germany in terms of domestic side, how are the restrictions being eased? there has been a fair media resistance and protests? and how are they looking now in the run up to this forthcoming general election? well, as you say, there are still some restrictions in place, but they are very few because the cases have gone down dramatically. they were very, very low for quite a long time, but because of the delta mutation, it is also now dominant in germany, the cases are rising as well. so when angela merkel said she did not want any brits to come to the continent, there are many countries have resisted that because of the tourism. portugal and spain, for example. but any german chancellor also had to understand it did not make much sense because at the delta variant was already