Now Armin Laschet, who is also leader of Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, is calling for emergency talks in a bid to introduce a nationwide “Brücken-Lockdown” (bridge lockdown). What’s a bridge lockdown anyway? On Monday, Laschet proposed a “bridge lockdown” in the fight against the third Covid wave in Germany. On Tuesday, the head of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities, Gerd Landsberg, told broadcaster ZDF he wasn’t convinced by a “bridge lockdown”. “A bridge lockdown for a transitional period and then with what measures?” Müller told broadcaster ARD.

Source: The Local April 06, 2021 08:48 UTC