Comments by German chancellery minister, Helge Braun
Braun is also seen as Merkel's chief of staff so this sheds some light into what sort of restrictions the government is considering amid the spread of the virus outbreak across the region in recent weeks.
The latest from Germany is that Munich is to tighten gathering limits this week, as active virus cases in the country rise to ~21,000 as of Sunday from ~5,000 in mid-July.
