from some of those who agreed to this deal on tuesday we've heard from leaders in the state of lower saxony saying they've got no intention of limiting the movement of citizens in their state vote in both of said that they're reviewing the situation and whether they would be keen to do the same in their state and also we've heard from the state of mecklenburg western pomerania he said they want to get this schools open now it's not just the state leaders that have been unhappy with lockdowns we have seen demonstrations here in germany against the measures that have been put in place just last weekend in nuremberg the riot police had to be called. well german chancellor angela merkel also defended the vaccination program in germany which had come in for criticism for moving at a pretty much gleg seal pace she said that the right things were being done to ensure that germans got the vaccinations that they needed earlier we heard from again spawn the german health minister said. all people in germany who wanted a vaccination should be able to receive one by the summer of this year well the new

was just moments after the deal was done the agreement was made we heard from the leaders inside lower saxony saying they weren't going to restrict anybody smoove mint we've also heard from leaders involved in vote and book saying that they would look into it but that they weren't keen on restricting the movement of their citizens in the state of mecklenburg western pomerania they're saying they want to open the school so there isn't agreement among the states just yet when it comes to how they should be tackling this and that lack of agreement we've also seen among demonstrators who continued to come out onto the streets of germany to protest against lockdown measures just last weekend in nuremberg the riot police had to turn up. well i'm glad merkel also defended germany's vaccination program on to state have been criticized for being too late silly slow him being rolled out we had heard earlier in the week from health minister yen spawn saying that all germans who wanted a vaccination should be able to have had one by basically the summer this year she said that's moving the the right pace

governments partner up with private companies in the case of germany, for example, the state of lower saxony is one of the first german federal states to say they'll work with dhl to help deliver and administer almost 2.2 million doses of the vaccine. do you think that's a good template for other governments to follow as well and there's room for them to partner up with the private sector >> yes two kinds of private sectors one is the distribution and logistics companies. the second is the private sector which can help administer the vaccine, whether it's private clinics, retail pharmacies, retail chain pharmacies. i think the key thing to keep in mind is that the government should always be in the role of safeguarding and being the guardian of the vaccine supply chain, which means having all information about where product is going, how it is getting administered, while letting private entities do what they're good at, running planes, trucks, warehouses with i.t. systems all of which are coming together seriously. that's the partnership model we want to see more i think it's starting to hap

adjusted states with lower infection numbers want to shorten up time while those harder hit want measures toughened. we need to act in those areas that are most affected in this case that saxony and. so will be toughening measures for our schools and child care facilities in tow january 31st just as will be done with public life will be increasing restrictions even more than a key topic on the agenda is whether nurseries and primary schools should be closed some argue that young children struggle with online learning. germany central government remains skeptical about where the physical teaching in schools is a good idea. for more on this story joined by political correspondent. hans if you can hear me germany's biggest newspapers and our writers as well are reporting that the lockdown will be extended what more can you tell us . well that just confirms what we've been hearing over the last couple of days leaks from the prepared to discussions that have been going on for days and various reports that it seems almost certain that the locked all will be extended to the end of january obviously there have been meetings going on between various officials today for instance the ed