prime minister petro sanches presided as the arms were crushed at the ceremony in madrid the event was part of a tribute to the victims of terrorism. there has been widespread criticism of germany's decision to extend its coronavirus shutdown until the end of this month chancellor merkel met with state leaders on wednesday and agreed to a cautious reopening strategy now the plan also includes measures to make rapid testing more widely available and to speed up the vaccine rollout so far germany has lagged behind many of its european neighbors and getting available ptosis into people's arms in a moment we will hear from an epidemiologist who is also a member of the german parliament but 1st here's a look at how the country has arrived at this point. i'm going to america has just reset for her strategy on corona trying a new daunting balance in the face of a 3rd wave. and we are taking steps to open up but they must not set us back in our fight against the make a drastic departure from her strategy so far which saw a lockdown after lockdown when infections rose the chancellor and her hea