FILE PHOTO: A member of Germany's Red Cross medical staff takes a sample at a newly installed drive- and walk-in corona test centre as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Frankfurt, Germany, November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germans should brace for another 4-5 months of severe measures to halt the rise in coronavirus infections and should not expect the current rules to be eased quickly, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told weekly Bild am Sonntag.
"We're not out of the woods yet", he said referring to infection numbers. "We cannot afford a yo-yo shutdown with the economy constantly opening and closing."
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