Germany
not ruling out lockdown, even for the vaccinated
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[November 19, 2021]
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's coronavirus
situation is so grave that a lockdown, including people who have been
vaccinated, cannot be ruled out, the health minister said on Friday, as
Austria said it would go back into full lockdown from Monday.
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"We are now in a situation - even if this produces a news alert -
where we can't rule anything out," acting health minister Jens Spahn
told a news conference.
Markets reeled on the prospect of a possible German lockdown, with
bond yields turning negative, and the euro and stock markets falling
sharply.
Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose
a full lockdown this autumn to tackle a new wave of infections, and
will require its whole population to be vaccinated as of February.
Germany reported 52,970 new coronavirus cases and 201 deaths on
Friday, bringing total deaths to 98,739.
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![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2021/Nov/19/images/ads/current/state_bank_lda_PPP_2021.png) Chancellor Angela Merkel said
on Thursday that, in areas where hospitals are
becoming dangerously full of COVID-19 patients,
large parts of public life would be restricted
to those who have either been vaccinated or have
recovered from the illness.
Germany's upper house of parliament is expected
to pass the new coronavirus measures on Friday.
Spahn also said the health ministry was in talks
with Pfizer and other companies to order
medicines to treat COVID-19.
(Writing by Paul Carrel and Kirsti Knolle;
Editing by Maria Sheahan)
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