German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wants A "Mega-Lockdown" As Covid-19 Deaths Continue To Spiral Upwards

 

Reuters: Record daily German COVID deaths spark Merkel 'mega-lockdown' plan - Bild 

 * Daily mortality per million currently exceeds that of US 

* Total German death toll at 43,881 * Country tightened lockdown in mid-December 

* Bild reports Merkel wants "mega-lockdown" 

BERLIN, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Germany recorded a new record number of deaths from the coronavirus on Thursday, prompting calls for an even tighter lockdown after the country emerged relatively unscathed in 2020.

Chancellor Angela Merkel wanted a "mega-lockdown", mass-selling newspaper Bild reported, shutting down the country almost completely for fear of fast-spreading variant of the virus first detected in Britain. 

She was considering measures including shutting down both local and long-distance public transport, though such steps had not yet been decided, Bild reported. 

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WNU Editor: Wow! Germany's daily mortality per million now exceeds the US.

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