turn and an apology from germany's chancellor over easter lockdown plans aguilar merkel scraps a 5 day holiday standstill saying the closures were not feasible and that they were a mistake also coming up. brazil's kovan 1000 death toll tops 300000 the 2nd highest in the world president jalal also not all says vaccines are on the way but among the people anger is growing. and chill a puts its hopes in a 5 g. rollout to boost industrial production as long as it can avoid being caught up in a trade dispute between the u.s. and china. i'm told me on lobby welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has made a surprise you turn cancel plans for a strict nationwide shutdown over the easter holiday merkel and regional leaders had agreed on a 5 day standstill to tackle germany's 3rd wave of corona virus infections the chancellor now says the hastily drawn up plans were impractical and a mistake and she offered an unreserved apology. the idea of a strict easter lockdown has many here in germany up in arms and the chancellor has self acknowledged the measure was a mistake in an extrao