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German government calls for a short country-wide lockdown
From CNN s Fred Pleitgen in Vienna
The German government is calling for a short country-wide lockdown to try and curb the spread of Covid-19.
“Every call for a short, unified, lockdown is correct,” Ulrike Demmer, the spokeswoman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, confirmed on Wednesday.
“The variety of the current measures are not contributing to safety or to acceptance,” she added, highlighting the importance of a common federal approach.
Demmer went on to say the current situation was unsustainable, with too much pressure on German healthcare. “We need a stable incidence rate below 100,” she concluded.
Russia to supply 150,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine to Pakistan
From CNN’s Sophia Saifi in Islamabad
A health worker holds a dose of Russia s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in Karachi, Pakistan, on April 2. Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has announced that Russia will “soon” be supplying Pakistan with 150,000 doses of the Russian developed Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine.
Lavrov is currently visiting Pakistan on an official tour, his first to the country in 9 years.
Pakistan’s private sector has already purchased 50,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine which are currently being sold commercially.
Pakistan has recorded more than 700,000 cases of Covid-19 and more than 15,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University.
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