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First people from Craiova in Romania arrive with their luggage and face masks at the 'Schoenefeld Airport' in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, April, 2020. The first planes with harvest workers from Romania have been landing in the morning. (Soeren Stache/dpa via AP)

Germany flies in seasonal farm workers amid virus measures

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier makes a phone call prior to the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. In order to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, the German government has considerably restricted public life and asked the citizens to stay at home. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Germany moves to make it easier to block foreign takeovers

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A doctor in protective equipment receives a smear test for the corona virus Sars-Cov-2 from a car driver at a corona test centre on the premises of a vocational school in Fuerstenwalde, Germany, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)

Germany not declaring victory despite low virus death toll

By Madison Hirneisen - The Washington Times

Clothes are hung on the fence of a migrant facility at Malakasa village, north of Athens, Sunday, April 5, 2020. Greece has put the facility outside Athens on lockdown for 14 days after a 53-year-old Afghan developed coronavirus symptoms Saturday afternoon. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Germany, Luxembourg to take in migrant children from Greece

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A food delivery rider passes by a banner reading ' Stronger together, all together we will make it ', in Milan, Italy, Sunday, April 5, 2020. The government is demanding Italians stay home and not take the leveling off of new coronavirus infections as a sign the emergency is over, following evidence that more and more Italians are relaxing restrictions the west’s first and most extreme nationwide lockdown and production shutdown. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

Cracks in Europe’s shared currency reappear in virus crisis

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

In this March 23, 2020, file photo, medical employees demonstrate testing, at a coronavirus test center for public service employees, during a media presentation in Munich, Germany. Labs were quick to ramp up their testing capacity and now experts say up to 500,000 tests can be conducted in Germany per week. That quick work, coupled with the country's large number of intensive care unit beds and its early implementation of social distancing measures, could be behind Germany's relatively low death toll. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Mass testing, empty ICUs: Germany scores early against virus

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Europe’s trade system with Iran finally makes first deal

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Death of German finance official linked to virus crisis

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at a press conference about coronavirus, in Berlin, Sunday, March 22, 2020. German authorities have issued a ban on more than two people meeting outside of their homes, which they believe will be easier to follow than locking people in their homes. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (Michael Kappeler/Pool photo via AP)

Germany’s Merkel shines in virus crisis even as power wanes

By DAVID RISING and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Sri Lankan police commandos prepare to spray disinfectants in a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, March 27, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

The Latest: Michigan executive order restores water service

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Intel chief: German extremists disbanding is ‘smoke screen’

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In this March 14, 2020, photo, German legal practitioner Karoline Preisler sits on a chair in the Krankenhaus am Sund hospital for treatment of the new COVID-19 respiratory disease in Stralsund, Germany. Lonely, frightened and unwell, Preisler turned to the internet for information from other patients but didn't find many first-hand accounts of living with and fighting the virus. So she decided to share her experience on Twitter. (Courtesy of Karoline Preisler via AP)

Dear Corona Diary: German patient gives updates on Twitter

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, of South Carolina (Associated Press photographs) ** FILE **

James Clyburn warns U.S. ‘could very well go the way of Germany in the 1930s’: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A Borussia fan dressed as ghost stands in front of the stadium prior the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and 1.FC Cologne in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. It is the first Bundesliga match played behind closed doors without spectators due to the coronavirus outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Bundesliga games under threat as coronavirus spreads

By CIARÁN FAHEY - Associated Press

German intel deems part of far-right AfD party ‘extremist’

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Firemen spray disinfectants outside a public market in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The Latest: US advises Americans to reconsider travel abroad

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The Costa Fortuna cruise ship is docked at the Marina Bay Cruise Center Singapore on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Singapore has allowed the Costa Fortuna to dock after it was rejected by Thailand and Malaysia. Singapore's port authority and tourism board said in a joint statement Monday, March 9, that the ship has declared that none of its passengers had any symptoms of respiratory illness.(AP Photo/Ee Ming Toh)

The Latest: After delay, 361 Taiwanese fly back from Wuhan

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Land Force Commanders from allied NATO and partner nations with Poland's General Jaroslaw Mika, center, met to discuss the execution of DEFENDER-Europe 20 during a conference held at the Headquarters of the U.S. Army in Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany, March 6, 2020. The commander of Poland's armed forces, General Jaroslaw Mika, was diagnosed with the new coronavirus as he returned home, the Polish Defense Ministry said. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (U.S. Army Europe/Stephen Perez via AP)

US, European military commanders possibly exposed to virus

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

A man with a mask pass an information sign directing to a new set up test and information centre for the new coronavirus at the district Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 9, 2020 (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Experts: Rapid testing helps explain few German virus deaths

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 file photo, two waiters wait for customers in a restaurant at St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy. With the coronavirus emergency deepening in Europe, Italy, a focal point in the contagion, risks falling back into recession as foreign tourists are spooked from visiting its cultural treasures and the global market shrinks for prized artisanal products, from fashion to design. (Claudio Furlan/Lapresse via AP, File)

Virus outbreak hits weakened Italian economy where it hurts

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press