FILE PHOTO: Armin Laschet, North Rhine-Westphalia state premier and emerging as frontrunner in the race to be the ruling Christian Democrats' (CDU) candidate for chancellor addresses a news conference in Berlin, Germany, October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will decide in early January which coronavirus curbs can be lifted, the premier of the state of North-Rhine Westphalia said on Sunday, as he urged people to observe hygiene and distancing rules to help bring case numbers down.
"We have to see at the beginning of January what is possible again and what has to stay closed," the premier of the country's most populous state said in an interview with Deutschlandfunk radio.
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