BERLIN - Germany promised aid to companies hit by demand collapsing as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, while its health minister urged a halt to large public events in the hope of reducing the burden on the healthcare system.
Germany had 902 confirmed cases on Sunday afternoon, far short of Italy’s tally of almost 6,000, but that included a large cluster of 392 in one municipality in western Germany. A German national has died from the disease in Egypt.“Coronavirus has been in Germany since Wednesday last week. Our priority now is to slow its spread,” he said on Twitter. “The slower the virus spreads, the better the healthcare system can cope.
That would make it possible for firms to cut the hours and wages they offered their workers with the German government making up the shortfall, sparing workers from layoffs which might otherwise become necessary. A number of large events, including a travel fair in Berlin, have already been called off, but Spahn said other organizers had been too slow to act.
That’s the correct way to run a country.
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