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Lockdown is to be extended to April 18th. This emerges from a draft resolution that the Süddeutsche Zeitung is present. With a seven-day incidence of more than 100, there should not only be no further opening steps, but additional measures to reduce the number of new infections again. For example, exit restrictions are being considered – from when to when these could apply is still open. More on this from Robert Roßmann
Intensive care physician: “Expect a rapid increase in the next few weeks”. According to data from the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (Divi), 3056 Covid 19 patients were treated in German intensive care units on Sunday. “We had already warned about this at the end of February and we are very concerned about that,” said Divi President Gernot Marx. More news from Germany
People, shut up. Brazil is experiencing its worst days since the pandemic began. But the president mimics Covid sufferers and sends the police to critics. To the text by Christoph Gurk (SZ Plus)
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EXCLUSIVE What penalties the EU could impose on Turkey. Before the EU summit, the foreign affairs representative Borrell wrote a report on the state of affairs with Turkey. Should President Erdoğan end the course of de-escalation, tourism could be targeted. The EU members could issue travel warnings, for example. The details from Matthias Kolb
CDU MP dies on his return flight from Cuba to Germany. Karin Strenz comes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and has sat in the Bundestag since 2009. The 53-year-old suddenly lost consciousness on board. To the message
China is bringing more Canadians to trial in secret trial. The man has to answer behind closed doors for espionage allegations. Diplomats from 26 countries, including Germany, looked in vain for access to the procedure. The Canadian was arrested a good two years ago. Diplomats see it as a “retaliation” for the arrest of the chief financial officer of the Chinese telecom group Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, a good two years ago in Canada. More on this
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Good Vibrations. A new type of wind power plant is not only causing excitement among experts. It’s probably because the thing looks like a giant sex toy. By Titus Arnu
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