German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to extend a lockdown to restrict coronavirus infections until 15 February, Bild newspaper reported, citing a draft resolution of the federal government.
Ms Merkel is due to meet the premiers of the federal states today to decide on extending a current lockdown which has closed most shops and schools and introducing new restrictions.
She is likely to agree with regional leaders on stricter requirements for working from home among other measures. New infections have been decreasing in recent days and pressure on intensive care units has eased slightly, but virologists are worried about the possible spread of more infectious variants of the virus. "The infection numbers have been going down for several