Germany bans meetings of more than two people in public

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Germany bans meetings of more than two people in public

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a media statement on the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 22, 2020. Michel Kappeler/Pool via REUTERS

 

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany tightened curbs on social interaction on Sunday, including a ban on public meetings of more than two people, to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

 

"The great aim is to gain time in the fight against the virus," Chancellor Angela Merkel told a press briefing.

 

For at least the next two weeks, people will not be allowed to form groups of more than two in public unless they live together in the same household or the gathering is work-related, she added.

 

As part of a bundle of stricter rules, restaurants can only offer takeaway services and hairdressers and beauty, massage and tattoo parlours must close.

 

(Reporting by Ludwig Burger; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-03-23

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[jaiyen]

That means no more threesomes !

[Magenta408]

Merkel has Covid on the brain. 

[bristolboy]

2 hours ago, jaiyen said:

That means no more threesomes !

You do your threesomes in public?

[Logosone]

Yes, we FAILED to isolate the country! So sorry, we now have coronavirus, but I didn't feel like isolating the country while Wuhan was on TV for 2 months.

 

Now you people do it! And if you don't, 25000 Euro fine and imprisonment!

 

It's good to be Queen!

[spinner2020]

Poland will be relieved.

 

Note that Germany has an extremely low death rate from The Virus - a third of one percent - compared with some other countries with a lot of cases.

[lannarebirth]

5 hours ago, jaiyen said:

That means no more threesomes !

 

Only public threesomes. And let's be honest, that's a lot of work to keep an audience satisfied, let alone the other two. It's a mercy really.

[Opl]

Public gathering limited to 2 = it's OK for an elderly / a young child,  to be accompanied by 1 person to go where they need to.

[marko kok prong]

No doubt the authorities will be asking' your papers please' probably men in long leather coats.

[Caldera]

A sensible measure in troubled times, neither as over the top as welding people's doors shut (hello, China) nor as ignorant as some other governments still are (hello, Boris).

 

[Iron Tongue]

3 hours ago, spinner2020 said:

Note that Germany has an extremely low death rate from The Virus - a third of one percent - compared with some other countries with a lot of cases.

This is because they have one of the best health care systems in the world.  Germany can afford to give excellent care to all of their infected, but if this crisis continues to grow to the point of overwhelming their healthcare, you will see death rates rise to match global figures.

 

They must be at a tipping point, which would explain the announcement of such a draconian rule.

 

Edited March 23, 2020 by Iron Tongue

[Krataiboy]

3 hours ago, bristolboy said:

You do your threesomes in public?

Only by request.