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Health

Restrictions in Germany are flattening virus curve - minister

Seasonal workers from Eastern Europe with special permissions to enter Germany, board a bus after their arrival, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Duesseldorf, Germany, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler

Restrictions on public life in Germany are taking effect and are flattening the curve showing new cases of the coronavirus, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Thursday.

"The number of newly reported infections is flattening out, we are seeing a linear increase again rather than the dynamic, exponential increase we saw in mid-March," Spahn told a news conference.

German Health Minister Jens Spahn gives statements on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation, in Berlin, Germany April 9, 2020. John Macdougall/Pool via REUTERS

(Reporting by Paul Carrel; Editing by Michelle Martin)

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