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Germany wary of lifting lockdown, despite economic pain

| April 30, 2020 7:03 AM

BERLIN (AP) — Politicians and scientists in Germany pushed back against calls for a rapid relaxation of pandemic restrictions as new figures released Thursday showed that businesses have applied for state aid to avoid slashing 10 million jobs because of the economic downturn.

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