BERLIN – Could Germany be heading towards another winter lockdown? Coronavirus cases are surging and some state leaders are warning that without action to curb the rise, the country will face another winter of harsh restrictions.
Michael Kretschmer, the leader of the eastern state of Saxony, told German radio that unless immediate action was taken to counter growing case rates, the situation would “end in a lockdown like last year”. The head of the neighbouring state of Thuringia, Bodo Ramelow, said hospitals were rapidly running out of beds because of the rise in coronavirus patients.
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