German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Due to the new coronavirus outbreak the meeting was reloacted to the International Room to provide more space between the participants. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (Michael Kapp…
March 29, 2020
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Germany's Merkel shines in virus crisis even as power wanes
BERLIN (AP) — In her first address to the nation on the coronavirus pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel calmly appealed to citizens' reason and discipline to slow the spread of the virus, acknowledging as a woman who grew up in communist East Germany how difficult it is to give up freedoms, yet as a trained scientist emphasizing that the facts don't lie.