Merkel thanks compliant Germans, shutdown to continue until at least April 20


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  • Saturday, 28 Mar 2020

A person is silhouetted as he walks in front of the Brandenburg Gate during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, Germany, March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germans have been largely complying with rules to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, as confirmed cases in the country continued to rise and her chief of staff said the shutdown would not be eased before April 20.

"When I see today how almost everyone has completely changed their behaviour, how the vast majority of you really do avoid any unnecessary contact, precisely because it can also contain a risk of infection, then I would simply like to say: thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart," Merkel said in her weekly podcast.

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