Spotlight: Germany braces for Christmas COVID-19 lockdown Source: Xinhua|
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A pedestrian walks in front of a shopping mall in Frankfurt, Germany, on Dec. 16, 2020. Germany will go into stricter lockdown from Wednesday, closing non-essential shops and limiting the size of private gatherings, Chancellor Angela Merkel and regional leaders agreed on Sunday. The tighter restrictive measures, which will be effective until Jan. 10, were in response to an exponential growth in the number of COVID-19 cases in Germany, according to a policy paper. (Photo by Armando Babani/Xinhua)
by Vanessa Lett
BERLIN, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) As the partial lockdown appears to have failed to reverse the trend of rising COVID-19 infections, Germans are in for an unusual holiday season because the country entered a hard lockdown on Wednesday.