German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said the country is dealing with “exponential growth” of coronavirus infections while “the number of new infections is rising by 70-75% compared to the week before.” He expected number of daily new cases to jump to 20k a day at the end of this week.
Separately, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz also said the development was “very worrying”. Additional measures to curb the spread “should be targeted, temporary and focussed.” “They should be taken as uniformly as possible across Germany and be generally understandable.”
“So far, our country has fared quite well during the coronavirus pandemic and it will be decided in the coming weeks whether it will stay that way. It’s in our hands,” he added.
