The harbour city announced Friday it was rolling back the easing of restrictions, as Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse have also paused the moveout of lockdown, as the infection scenario worsened considerably on Friday.
Intensive care doctors in Germany warned Monday that the country would need to make an "immediate return" to partial lockdown if it is to avoid stumbling into a dangerous third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
The German disease agency, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), has predicted that Germany is at the beginning of a wave of exponential growth in coronavirus cases that will lead to a new record vase rate by the middle of April.
As the number of Covid-19 infections continue to rise, health experts warn that Germany could enter into a critical situation similar to the peak before Christmas 2020.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) recorded a 20 percent rise in new coronavirus cases compared to a week ago on Thursday, leading its director to warn that a third wave of infections had started.
The rise of the R-value above one for the first time in weeks has caused concern in Germany that the pandemic situation could be about to worsen again.
German Health Minister Jens Spahn has defended border closures and warned against relaxing Covid-19 measures too quickly in the fight against the virus and variants.
Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) called for a way out of Germany's shutdown - but also with caution to avoid virus mutations from getting out of control.
Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) health agency on Thursday called for stronger measures to bring down coronavirus infections, noting many people not doing enough to reduce social contacts.
Germany's trend of new infections has taken a worrying turn, the head of its disease control agency said Thursday, as the death toll to date crossed the grim milestone of 20,000.
The number of new coronavirus infections in Germany reached a record on Thursday morning, or 23,679 cases within 24 hours, reported the Robert Koch Institute.
The daily number of new coronavirus infections in Germany remains high but the country's partial lockdown is having a positive effect, the head of the Robert Koch Institute disease control centre said on Thursday.
Berlin police on Sunday broke up a
protest against coronavirus curbs and opened an arson investigation after an attack on a building housing the country's public health agency.
The number of new coronavirus infections in Germany topped 2,000 in the past 24 hours, a high not seen since the end of April, health authorities said on Saturday.
Germany's public health agency has updated its advice on how coronavirus spreads, saying the risk of outbreaks heavily depends on "individual behaviour".
