German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged citizens not to endanger what they have achieved so far in slowing the spread of the coronavirus by rushing back to normality too fast, Reuters reports.

Merkel, a trained physicist whose scientific approach to the crisis has been praised, has consistently urged caution in the face of intense pressure from some state premiers and businesses who have pushed for a faster relaxation.

“Corona remains a danger for everyone of us,” Merkel told the Bundestag lower house of parliament, adding that Germans would be living with the pandemic for some time yet as there was still no effective treatment or vaccine.

“It would be depressing if we have to return to restrictions that we want to leave behind us because we want too much too soon,” Merkel said.

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