Germany to extend Covid curbs until Feb 14: Merkel January 19, 2021 at 07:01PM

Germany will extend and strengthen the coronavirus-related restrictive measures until February 14, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. "Today we held talks again and agreed to introduce new measures... We are doing this as a precautionary measure for the sake of citizens' health, as well as for the sake of the economy and labor market," Merkel said. Merkel said the number of new coronavirus infections in Germany was gradually reducing, and this was encouraging.