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The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has jumped by 29,426 to 3.073 million, the biggest daily increase since 8 January. The reported death toll rose by 293 to 79,381, while the number of new infections per 100,000 residents over seven days rose to 160.1, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed.
Caroline Copley reports for Reuters that it comes as the government seeks to push through tougher nationwide curbs to try to contain a third wave of the virus. Germany is grappling with a more transmissible variant of COVID-19 five months before a national election in which Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are forecast to suffer major losses.
The different coronavirus restrictions put in place, and the different pace of removing them, have perhaps been one of the most visible examples of how devolution works within the UK for years. In Northern Ireland today it is expected that we will get an announcement of a further easing of measures, and the timing for them.
David Young reports for PA that when Northern Ireland’s exit blueprint was first published at the start of March, the administration faced criticism for not including any indicative reopening dates. At the time, ministers insisted the health picture was too volatile to offer up provisional dates that ultimately might have to be scrapped.
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