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Merkel urges virus vigilance; Germany loosens border checks

by Associated Press
| May 13, 2020 7:27 AM

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to be “courageous and vigilant” Wednesday as the country emerges from its shutdown, calling on them to avoid a relapse into tougher restrictions even as officials set out plans to relax border controls.

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