Merkel says up to 70 pct of Germans could contract coronavirus

Germany does not need an economic stimulus plan now to counter the impact of the coronavirus but rather liquidity injections, Chancellor Angela Merkel told lawmakers from her conservative bloc on Tuesday, participants at the meeting said.

Noting that between 60 to 70 percent of Germans could contract the novel coronavirus in the future, Merkel pointed that everything that is non-essential should be cancelled to contain the virus, adding: "Games behind closed doors are not the worst thing that can happen in this country."