German Chancellor Angela Merkel and regional leaders of 16 federal states agreed late Monday to impose a hard lockdown during Easter amid an exponential growth in the number of coronavirus cases in the country, in what is being called a "third wave".
Shops, grocery stores and other establishments will remain shut from April 1 for five days.
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