FILE PHOTO: General view of "Jungfernstieg" boulevard during a lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hamburg, Germany April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday called on Germans to stick to tighter coronavirus restrictions imposed in areas with high infection rates over the weekend, saying the step was needed to break a third wave of infections.
Both chambers of parliament approved the amendments to the Infection Protection Act earlier this week to give the federal government more powers to fight the third wave in the pandemic.
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