10.ДЄnadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. The government banned selling fireworks for the New YearвЂ™s Eve.Дrinking alcohol in public was also banned between Dec.

Meetings of up to four adults from other households will be allowed during this period. вЂњWe would like to appeal to all citizens, if you are inviting other households for Christmas, please reduce your contacts for seven days before you do that,вЂќ she said.ДЄccording to the new measures, close family members will be able to spend Christmas together between Dec. She also urged citizens to self-isolate for a week before the Christmas Eve family gatherings to reduce the risk of contagion. вЂњWe can meet friends and family members, but a maximum of five people from two households at once,вЂќ Merkel said. Restaurants and cafes will remain closed and would only offer takeaway services. The chancellor said, according to the new measures agreed by the federal states, all non-essential shops, including hairdressing salons, will be shut down until at least Jan.10. And this is why we must act, and we must act fast,вЂќ she said.

вЂњWeвЂ™re close to exceeding the response capacity of our public health systems. But now weвЂ™re seeing a new rise in infections,вЂќ Merkel said, as the countryвЂ™s seven day average of COVID- 19 cases stands above 20,000. For a while, we were able to stop the exponential growth, had a plateau movement.

Germany on Sunday announced stricter lockdown measures amid soaring COVID-19 cases and fatalities.Д¬hancellor Angela Merkel told a news conference in Berlin that all non-essential shops will shut down as of Wednesday, schools and daycares will also be closed until at least Jan.

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