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2021-03-10 13:35:47 GMT2021-03-10 21:35:47(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BERLIN, March 10 (Xinhua) The number of overnight stays in Germany s hotels and guesthouses in January dropped by 76 percent year-on-year to 6.4 million, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) announced on Wednesday.
Overnight stays in accommodation establishments with ten or more beds by guests from abroad fell particularly sharply by 86 percent. This development would clearly show the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis with repeating accommodation bans or restrictions, Destatis noted.
Of the 52,000 accommodation establishments in Germany recorded by Destatis, only 29,200 were open in January, 1,800 fewer than in the previous month.
Germany remains in a COVID-19 lockdown until at least March 28. Last week, gradual openings were implemented in a five-step strategy.
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Germany to start easing COVID-19 lockdown next week, draft says, critics call for speedier reopening
Reuters | Mar 02, 2021 04:11 PM EST
A German police staff member receives AstraZeneca s vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Munich, Germany, (Photo : REUTERS/Andreas Gebert)
Chancellor Angela Merkel faced growing pressure to set out a clear roadmap to reopening German society from months of pandemic lockdown, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz joining the chorus of voices saying existing plans did not go far enough.
Draft plans, seen by Reuters, show ministers are planning to ease some restrictions beginning next week, a cautious approach that is likely to disappoint parents of school-age children and many business groups in Europe s largest economy.
By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel faced growing pressure to set out a clear roadmap to reopening German society from months of pandemic lockdown, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz joining the chorus of voices saying existing plans did not go far enough. Draft plans, seen by Reuters, show ministers are planning to ease some restrictions beginning next week, a cautious approach that is likely to disappoint parents of school-age children and many business groups in Europe s largest economy. Scholz, his Social Democrat party s candidate to succeed the conservative Chancellor in this year s national election, called for more testing and vaccination to help speed the reopening process. Much of what we re hearing from the Chancellor s office doesn t go far enough, he told Bild newspaper. He wanted to see a combination of testing and opening, he said. And vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate. Death rates and numbers of patients in intensive care have been declining since
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