angela merkel said the axman intro growths could be stopped and bring it under -- under 50 cases, buthis is still not the case. berlin's mayor also warned that a potential vaccine was not the ultimate solution just now at this stage. brent: the situation is not getting that much better. could the restrictions be tightened? reporter: indeed, that's what angela merkel said she wanted time and again. and the bavarian state premier said that at some point some -- the politicians really needed to consider whether or not to leave the country in a half-asleep situation, those are his words, or if we need to see tougher measures being implemented. he said there will be new discussion on january 4 on whether or not to continue. brent: we know the latest polls show that a solid majority support the partial lockdown, but we've got about a third of people in germany saying they do not. how difficult is it becoming to get the public to stay on board with all of these restrictions? reporter: a minority which doesn't approve the restrictions , most of germans do support the measures. in fact over ha