well, good talking to this at the solex. very, very hopeful. thank you so much for joining us. there's an epidemiologist and health economist. thank you. it was, it looks as though germany is about to see a stricter coronavirus restrictions as infection. numbers remain stubbornly high at chancellor merkel is holding a virtual meetings with leaders of the country's 16 states to discuss that next steps. partial lockdown measures were introduced. 2 weeks ago. and forced the closure of bars, restaurants, museums, and gyms. despite this numbers of new cases have not dropped significantly. according to germany's public health body, new infections rose by nearly 11000 on monday. so let's take a closer look at how those numbers have developed. 2 months ago, germany was still enjoying the success of its early containment efforts. daily new infections remain steady at around 1000 cases a day. but as germans let their guard down, you can see how that rosy picture changed by early november. then of course, a number of new infections have had shot up more than 10 times prompting the governm